On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 2:10 PM, Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Aug 6, 2018, at 7:54 AM, Richard Sharpe <realrichardsharpe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Since about last November I have been developing a Wireshark Dissector
>> Generator.
>
> How does its description language compare to that of
>
> http://wsgd.free.fr
>
> in its capabilities?
That's a good question.
Here is what the wsgd site says:
- basic types (integers, float, string ...)
I have most of these
- transform options (quantum, expression) to compute a value from the packet one
Don't have these.
- display options (hex, oct, bin, printf format, expression)
Don't have these but I need something like that.
- constaint specification (min and max values) to detect errors in
data (red line)
Don't have these.
- Array (fixed or variable size)
Have these ...
- Enum
Have these ...
- Bit field
Have these ...
- Structure
Have these ...
- Conditions and loops (if, while, do while, ...)
Have these in the form of switch statements and array bounds (that is,
and array bound can be a do while type of thing.)
- Switch case
Have these ...
- Functions
Don't have these but am thinking of them in the form of annotations.
- Global data
Don't have these ...
- subproto data
Don't know.
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Regards,
Richard Sharpe
(何以解憂？唯有杜康。--曹操)(传说杜康是酒的发明者)