Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Catching exceptions in dissector_try_heuristic?

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From: Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss.ws@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 17:18:15 -0400
Jakub Zawadzki wrote:

Hi,

Should we catch BoundsError, ReportedBoundsError exceptions in dissector_try_heuristic()?
It'll fix once for ever bugs like #7277.
I've always tried to /avoid/ too many TRY/CATCH sequences, though I don't recall exactly why at the moment. Performance? Just Bad Practice?