Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Using global variables to store dissection information

From: Christopher Maynard <christopher.maynard@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 14:57:45 +0000 (UTC)
Jakub Zawadzki <darkjames-ws@...> writes:

> There's already packet_info structure which is always private for current
> dissection. The easiest fix would be to move all global variables 
> to packet_info structure. Anyone against it?

>From Guy's comments[1] I got the feeling that the packet_info "katamari" was
already too big and that there was a desire to reduce its size, not increase it.

[1]: http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev/201004/msg00129.html