Re: Rename TVB captured length vs reported length

[Jakub Zawadzki <darkjames-ws () darkjames pl>]

Hi,

On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 05:07:04PM -0500, Evan Huus wrote:
> After yet another patch submission where this was unclear, I would
> like to propose the following change:
>
> tvb_length, tvb_length_remaining, etc. are changed to all operate on
> the reported length on the wire
>
> tvb_reported_* are dropped in favor of tvb_captured_* which operate on
> the available captured length (what is currently given by just
> tvb_length).
>
> The problem is that 95% of the time the intended behaviour is best
> achieved by the reported length,

What's the use case of remaining 5%? Heuristic dissectors?
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