Wireshark-dev: [Wireshark-dev] Add preference to display spaces between bytes for FT_BYTES fiel
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From: mmann78@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2015 08:56:08 -0500
Looking for more feedback on https://code.wireshark.org/review/6304/
 
My thought process was that fields with a small number of bytes (< 8, maybe < 16), the field displays better with a space in between bytes.  Some fields however are variable length between "something small" and "something large", which may be "situation dependent".  It's for that reason I think a preference could be used to aid in displays for situations where the byte fields are always small.
 
With the recent addition of different "byte BASEs", a BASE_SPACE could certainly be added to fields known to be a small number of bytes, and have the decision to "hard code" spaces into that field could be left up to the dissector developer.  But I think that's a separate patch and both types of functionality (preference + dissector choice) should be available.
 
Michael