Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] dissector bug
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From: didier <dgautheron@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:12:03 +0200
Hi,
Le lundi 31 août 2009 à 12:15 +0530, Devlina a écrit :
> 
> While trying to add an item in the proto tree using the command 
> 
> proto_tree_add_item(xyz_tree, hf_xyz_event_stream_id, tvb, offset + 2,
> -1, FALSE);
> 
> I am getting the following error: 
> 
> [Dissector bug, protocol XYZ: proto.c:3009: failed assertion
> "DISSECTOR_ASSERT_NOT_REACHED"]
> 
> But strangely this is not the case with proto_tree_add_text (it is
> runing successfully). The field hf_xyz_event_stream is registerd with
> FT_DOUBLE. I have also tried it out with FT_UINT.
> 
> what circumstances may cause this error ??
The -1 size, with add_item it's only valid for type proto, strings, byte
and none.

Didier