Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Re: [Ethereal-cvs] cvs commit: ethereal packet-ieee8023.c

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 02:00:04 -0800
On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 10:56:19AM +0100, Olivier Biot wrote:
> Could someone document the usage of the exception handler and its
> *correct* use in Ethereal protocol dissectors?

This isn't a generic issue with exception handling - it's the case where
you have a protocol with a payload that's handed to another dissector
and additional stuff for the protocol *after* the payload (Ethernet
trailer and possibly FCS, DCE RPC authentication stuff).