Re: [ethereal-dev] proto_tree discussion

[Jeff Jahr <jjahr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 7 Jul 1999, Ashok Narayanan wrote:

> Gilbert Ramirez writes:
>  > I am almost ready to release the final patch demonstrating the new
>  > proto_tree implementation. Perhaps tonight or tomorrow. I haven't touched
>  > the issues of filtering on string variables (regex!!!) or time variables,
>  > but everything else is working well.

[snip]

> In short - throw away pcap-style expressions!!

I agree.  The 'eq gt lt etc' operators are a pain in the neck for anyone
who doesn't spend a lot of time writing bpf expressions.  I wouln't shed a
tear if they were dropped from the new filter language.

-jsj