Re: Transport name resolution

[Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss.ws () gmail com>]

On 09/16/13 16:49, Guy Harris wrote:
> On Sep 16, 2013, at 1:39 PM, Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss.ws () gmail com> wrote:
>
> > On 09/16/13 16:04, Guy Harris wrote:
> > > On Sep 16, 2013, at 12:44 PM, Anders Broman <a.broman () bredband net> wrote:
> > >
> > > > If we decide to have it default off perhaps we shouldn't default to write
> > > > User Datagram Protocol, Src Port: 60000 (60000), Dst Port: 13868 (13868) but rather
> > > > User Datagram Protocol, Src Port: 60000 , Dst Port: 13868
> > >
> > > Yes, and the same applies for network addresses, if we're not already doing that.
> >
> > Defaulted to off (i.e., a preference) or off by code?
>
> I was thinking "off by code", i.e. stay away from the Department of Redundancy Department.
>
> > If we have a preference (for services or network addresses) I think keeping the same format:
> >
> > > User Datagram Protocol, Src Port: 60000 (60000), Dst Port: 13868 (13868)
> >
> > is actually a good thing because then tshark output parsers don't have to worry about whether or not the preference is 
> > set.
>
> TShark output parsers not made of neurons should probably be parsing "-T {psml,pdml,fields}" output.  (TShark output 
> parsers made of neurons generally handle ambiguities and format differences a lot better than TShark output parsers made of code.)

Yes, I that's true.

But I can, without thinking, write up a quick script that pulls the 
things I need out of the normal tshark -V output.  The times (or 
"time"?) I tried to extract data from a *ml format I spent hours trying 
to figure out how and where to *start*.  Eventually I gave up.

I think others have had the same problem which is why every 
tshark-output-reading script I personally know of parses the "-V" output.

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