Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Packet vs. Frame

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From: Bryan Henderson <hbryan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 16:31:50 -0800
>> [snip]
>> But I also agree that when "frame" is the well-known term for something
>> else in a particular protocol, ethereal should use it that way.
>But we don't have the discrimination to change terminology on a protocol 
by 
>protocol basis.

I thought someone earlier referred to doing just that -- I thought it was 
a reference to outputs of dissectors and comments and names in dissector 
code.  If some protocol three levels deep conventionally calls its unit of 
information a "frame", I don't see why an ethereal display at that level 
shouldn't say "frame length = 40, frame header=..." or whatever.