Lua API - register_menu unavailable after launch?

[Moshe Kaplan <mosheekaplan () gmail com>]

The register_menu function in Lua API can only be called when Wireshark is
first launched, as can be seen from how register_menu is replaced with
wslua_not_register_menu in init_wslua.c :
https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/blob/20800366ddbbb2945491120afe7265796c26bf11/epan/wslua/init_wslua.c#L145

However, I don't see any documentation as to *why* register_menu is
unavailable after the application launch in either the developer guide
<https://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsdg_html_chunked/lua_module_Gui.html#lua_fn_register_menu_name__action___group__>
or the Wiki
<https://wiki.wireshark.org/LuaAPI/GUI#register_menu.28name.2C_action_.5B.2Cgroup.5D.29>
(that
limitation isn't even mentioned!).

Why is  register_menu only available when Wireshark is first launched?

Thanks,
Moshe

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