On Sat, Aug 28, 1999 at 05:39:43PM -0500, John McDermott wrote:
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> I see no reason not to change the order if it improves performance.
> Unless I am reading the code incorrectly, the filter is indeed only
> applied once. What *is* done for each filter is the comparison with the
> data (this may just be semantics). I do not see any functional
> difference if you do the change, though.
dfilter_apply() is called for each color filter, on every packet.
That's the comparison of the filter against the data, and what I was
referring to as "applied".
> I just did a quick test and it looks fine. The messages in colors.c
> need to be changed to reflect the new processing of the list. I should
> probably get rid of the ifdef debuggery in file.c, as well. I can take
> care of it Monday, or if you feel inclined, Gilbert, you can do it.
> All I did to test it was add a break:
I'll have a go at it.
thanks,
--gilbert
