Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] General plugins

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 12:22:13 -0700
On Sat, Jul 14, 2001 at 02:31:36PM +0200, Pavel Mores wrote:
> Why on earth should every line of code check for plugins? Have you ever
> seen a program with plugin infrastructure implemented this way?

No, but that's what an unqualified "general" framework would mean. 
Later, he qualified what it meant, which made the suggestion useful.