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Diffstat (limited to 'epan/exceptions.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | epan/exceptions.h | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/epan/exceptions.h b/epan/exceptions.h index 355224e930..de223f4ebd 100644 --- a/epan/exceptions.h +++ b/epan/exceptions.h @@ -46,7 +46,13 @@ #define TypeError 3 /** - A bug was detected in a dissector + A bug was detected in a dissector. + + DO NOT throw this with THROW(); the handler expects there to be a + message, and even if it didn't, the developers expect there to be + a message to make it easier to figure out what the problem is. + + Instead, use the DISSECTOR_ASSERT(), etc. macros in epan/proto.h. **/ #define DissectorError 4 @@ -195,7 +201,7 @@ /* user's code goes here */ #define THROW(x) \ - except_throw(XCEPT_GROUP_ETHEREAL, (x), "XCEPT_GROUP_ETHEREAL") + except_throw(XCEPT_GROUP_ETHEREAL, (x), NULL) #define THROW_MESSAGE(x, y) \ except_throw(XCEPT_GROUP_ETHEREAL, (x), (y)) |