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$Id: README.developer,v 1.86 2003/11/14 19:20:24 guy Exp $
$Id: README.developer,v 1.87 2003/12/19 19:08:00 guy Exp $
This file is a HOWTO for Ethereal developers. It describes how to start coding
a Ethereal protocol dissector and the use some of the important functions and
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"%llo" to print 64-bit integral data types - not all platforms support
"%ll" for printing them.
Don't use "uint", "ulong" or "ushort"; they aren't defined on all
platforms. If you want an "int-sized" unsigned quantity, use "guint";
if you want a 32-bit unsigned quantity, use "guint32"; and if you want a
16-bit unsigned quantity, use "guint16". Use "%d", "%u", "%x", and "%o"
to print those types; don't use "%ld", "%lu", "%lx", or "%lo", as longs
are 64 bits long on many platforms, but "guint32" is 32 bits long.
Don't use "uchar", "u_char", "ushort", "u_short", "uint", "u_int",
"ulong", or "u_long"; they aren't defined on all platforms. If you want
an 8-bit unsigned quantity, use "guint8"; if you want an 8-bit character
value with the 8th bit not interpreted as a sign bit, use "guchar"; if
you want a 16-bit unsigned quantity, use "guint16"; if you want a 32-bit
unsigned quantity, use "guint32"; and if you want an "int-sized"
unsigned quantity, use "guint". Use "%d", "%u", "%x", and "%o" to print
those types; don't use "%ld", "%lu", "%lx", or "%lo", as longs are 64
bits long on many platforms, but "guint32" is 32 bits long.
Don't use "long" to mean "signed 32-bit integer", and don't use
"unsigned long" to mean "unsigned 32-bit integer"; "long"s are 64 bits
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* Routines for PROTONAME dissection
* Copyright 2000, YOUR_NAME <YOUR_EMAIL_ADDRESS>
*
* $Id: README.developer,v 1.86 2003/11/14 19:20:24 guy Exp $
* $Id: README.developer,v 1.87 2003/12/19 19:08:00 guy Exp $
*
* Ethereal - Network traffic analyzer
* By Gerald Combs <gerald@ethereal.com>