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
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