Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: [Wireshark-dev] Expert Info Performance

[David Aggeler <david_aggeler@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I really like the Expert Info functionality and use it more and more. 
Today I had to analyze a large capture (~200 MB) and here the dialog 
gets to a limit.

Looking at the behavior, it almost looks like it is implemented as a 
tap. Is it really needed to parse the whole capture again, just to have 
the data structures filled? If it is a tap, could be always on? I don't 
think that much memory would be 'lost'. I would pay that price. Am I 
asking for too much?

Since this is core code, I'm not sure whether a dissector coder like me 
is up to the task :-)

David