Re: MATE not extracting fields as requested

[Guy Harris <gharris () sonic net>]

On Oct 23, 2020, at 8:39 AM, Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter () xs4all nl> wrote:

> The better approach is to add the item with length -1, meaning until the end of the buffer.

Yes.  This * 10^100^100^100^100^100^100^100.

Doing that also means that, if an exception is thrown before the dissection of the item finishes, the item will run up 
to the point at which the dissection stops (assuming the exception is caused by hitting the end of the tvbuff).
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