Ethereal-dev: RE: [Ethereal-dev] GSM MAP dissector

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From: "Michael Lum" <mlum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 08:40:37 -0800

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Guy Harris [mailto:guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 4:01 PM
> To: mlum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Ethereal
> Subject: Re: [Ethereal-dev] GSM MAP dissector
> 
> 
> 
> On Dec 3, 2003, at 3:32 PM, Michael Lum wrote:
> 
> > cvs diff -u from latest source:
> 
> Checked in, with Felix's name added to "doc/ethereal.pod", the 
> set-but-unused "gsm_map_is_invoke" variable removed, "bigbuf[]" made 
> local to the routines that use it, and the call to 
> "proto_is_protocol_enabled()" and the "data_handle" variable removed 
> ("dissect_map()" is called through a handle, so if the protocol is 
> disabled, it won't be called).
> 
> One warning:
> 
> 	packet-gsm_map.c:317: warning: `Dgt_tbcd' defined but not used
> 
> Should that be used in some place, will it be used in future code, or 
> should it be removed?
Was to be used in future code when parameter dissection is added.

> 
> Also, should "my_decode_bitfield_value()" (which appears to be in a 
> number of dissectors) be put into "epan/to_str.c" with a different 
> name, "decode_bitfield_value()" changed to call it (the only difference 
> appears to be the " = " that "decode_bitfield_value()" uses), and the 
> dissectors with "my_decode_bitfield_value()" changed to use the version 
> in "epan/to_str.c"?
That would be great.