On Oct 17, 2013, at 5:16 PM, Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 10/16/13 1:02 PM, etxrab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/viewvc.cgi?view=rev&revision=52650
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>> User: etxrab
>> Date: 2013/10/16 08:02 PM
>>
>> Log:
>> Prepend to lists rather than append as that's more efficient.
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>> Directory: /trunk/epan/dfilter/
>> Changes Path Action
>> +2 -1 sttype-function.c Modified
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>> Directory: /trunk/
>> Changes Path Action
>> +2 -2 capture-pcap-util.c Modified
>> +7 -7 capture_ifinfo.c Modified
>> +3 -3 color_filters.c Modified
>
> This is causing some weird behavior in places. For example the default
> link-layer header type for Ethernet interfaces is now DOCSIS.
And, given that the typical list of link-layer header types has one entry in it, and the typical entries have between 2 (Ethernet and DOCSIS) and 3 or 4 (for 802.11 with various radio headers, in monitor mode) the performance difference is probably negligible.
I'd say that *all* lists presented to users should be presented in the same order as the data list used to generate the list shown to the user - and if those lists are long enough that the difference between prepending and appending makes a performance difference, that might get lost in the time it takes to show that huge list on the screen, complete with a scrollbar to let the user see all the entries....