Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] [Wireshark-commits] rev 29668: /trunk//trunk/gtk/: new_packet_list.c /trunk/: fi

[Kovarththanan Rajaratnam <kovarththanan.rajaratnam@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Anders,

Anders Broman wrote:
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> [mailto:wireshark-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] För Joerg Mayer
> Skickat: den 2 september 2009 19:44
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> Ämne: Re: [Wireshark-dev] [Wireshark-commits] rev 29668: /trunk//trunk/gtk/:
> new_packet_list.c /trunk/: file.c
>
> On Wed, Sep 02, 2009 at 05:15:25PM +0000, krj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> From what I wrote earlier, it seems that the packet list is always updated,
> even if nothing changed (new packet comes in but its display is suppressed
> due to a display filter). That doesn't sound too efficient either ;-)
>
>  ciao
>      Joerg
>
> It's a trade off, the idea being that by keeping the entire list the list
> does not have to be recreated at refiltering. With the new packet list the
> cost of adding a packet is low.

I think the point Joerg was trying to make is that the packet list view 
(not the underlying packet list store) is updated even when no packets 
are added to it. Am I correct Joerg?

Best regards,
Kovarththanan Rajaratnam