Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Tree statistics / MATE

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From: Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 13:33:47 +0200

LEGO <luis.ontanon@xxxxxxxxx>, Ethereal development <ethereal-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb am 26.07.05 13:01:27:
> 
> Yesterday or the day before I moved the http stat_trees to
> packet-http.c and removed them from the plugin which nows is there
> with a basic example of stats_tree.
> 
So I'll remove the http only note from the installer ...

> 
> I'm currently transforming MATE to be a bytecode compiler and VM so
> that the grouping and transformation logic can be described in MATE's
> own language. The current grammar and logic will be kept and expanded
> but the implementation will be deeply changed, the analysis phase
> which is coded in C will become MATE's own bytecode (slower but much
> more flexible).
> 
> Once I'm done with that, MATE will not be experimental anymore and it
> will move to epan.
> 
> It will take me a while. I have the VM's core already, the key part of
> the operations are already there (AVPL, AVP, basic arithmetic and
> string operations, condition evaluation, and branching), the compiler
> is almost complete.
> 
> Unless I change my mind again and go ahead with another "revolution"
> (which is very unlikely at this point) I think that in something like
> three or four months I might get it out.
> 

Hi Luis!

I really don't want to discourage you, but wouldn't it be a better idea to 
put that effort into a more general scripting support?!?

It's been on the WishList for quite a while ...

When I look at the things you mention, it reminds me that's exactly what 
could be done with a scripting support as well and of course much more.

Instead of creating your own compiler and force user to learn a completely 
"new language" it might be a far better idea to do just that.

Regards, ULFL

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