Ethereal-dev: Re: [ethereal-dev] plugins support

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1999 16:07:25 -0800
> - plugins should use ETT_NONE when creating subtrees (maybe we could
> dynamically allocate ETT_xxx values).

Dynamically allocating ETT_xxx values would not only be good for
plugins, it'd be good for compiled-in dissectors - it'd obviate the need
to add ETT_xxx values to "packet.h" if you add a new protocol with
subtrees, or add a new subtree to an existing protocol.