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Re: Lua Dissector Dev Tool
From: Richard Sharpe <realrichardsharpe () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2018 08:37:44 -0700
On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 4:06 PM, Markus Leballeux <markus.leballeux () gmail com> wrote:
Pascal, That question makes a lot of sense actually. You are correct, Wireshark and Wirebait don't use the same version of Lua and I can think of 2 kinds of compatibility "challenges": Compatibility between Wireshark and Wirebait: Wireshark and Wirebait never interact with each other. Wirebait is only used when you run your dissector without Wireshark, so Wireshark never even loads Wirebait code. Compatibility between a plugin developed with Wirebait and Wireshark: your point was probably that someone could write a plugin using syntax only available in 5.3. This is definitely possible, which is why a 5.2 version is on the back burner. I have used 5.3 for convenience, and at this stage of the project I don't think this is going to be a big issue. If you are aware of the syntactic differences, you can write a 5.2 compatible dissector and run it on Wirebait 5.3.
I have no contribution to these issues. However, I think the name 'sharkbait' would be a catchier name :-) -- Regards, Richard Sharpe (何以解憂?唯有杜康。--曹操)(传说杜康是酒的发明者) ___________________________________________________________________________ Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <wireshark-dev () wireshark org> Archives: https://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev Unsubscribe: https://www.wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev mailto:wireshark-dev-request () wireshark org?subject=unsubscribe
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