Ethereal-dev: [Ethereal-dev] NULL for the blurb for a header field?

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From: "Guy Harris" <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 20:34:36 -0800 (PST)
gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> User: gerald
> Date: 2005/11/10 06:04 PM
>
> Log:
>  Don't use null values for blurbs in header fields.
>
> Directory: /trunk/epan/dissectors/
>   Changes    Path              Action
>   +8 -8      packet-p_mul.c    Modified

Currently, a lot of dissectors have null strings for blurbs; should we
allow a null pointer for the blurb, meaning "sorry, nobody's written a
blurb for this field" (which is what a null string means), and add checks
for a null blurb pointer?