Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Colour filter issue

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From: Mike Frisch <mfrisch@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 12:33:00 -0400
On Thu, Aug 08, 2002 at 10:16:01AM -0600, John McDermott wrote:
> Please try the same as a display filter.  The code is the same.  If it 
> works as a display filter, but not as a color filter, something strange 
> is going on.  If neither works, it is a bug in the filtering code.

It appears to be a bug in the filtering code.  It does not work as a
display filter either.

The following 'equvalent' works:

nfs.status == 1 or nfs.status > 2

> Yes.  I am not sure whether this was there from the beginning or was 
> introduced later.  This needs to be fixed.

I do not believe it has been there from the beginning as I just recently
tripped on it.

Thanks for the _prompt_ reply!

Mike.