Pascal, That question makes a lot of sense actually. You are correct, Wireshark and Wirebait don't use the same version of Lua and I can think of 2 kinds of compatibility "challenges":
1. *Compatibility between Wireshark and Wirebait:* Wireshark and Wirebait *never* interact with each other. Wirebait is only used when you run your dissector without Wireshark, so Wireshark never even loads Wirebait code. 2. *Compatibility between a plugin developed with Wirebait and Wireshark:* your point was probably that someone could write a plugin using syntax only available in 5.3. This is definitely possible, which is why a 5.2 version is on the back burner. I have used 5.3 for convenience, and at this stage of the project I don't think this is going to be a big issue. If you are aware of the syntactic differences, you can write a 5.2 compatible dissector and run it on Wirebait 5.3. Sincerely, Markus Hi Markus, > > I'm not a Lua user but it definitely sounds interesting. One remark though > (coming from someone not knowing much about Lua, so please forgive me if > it's nonsense). > Wireshark only supports Lua 5.2.X, not Lua 5.3.X. So it only supports the > older syntax and I understood there was some subtle differences between > both. Isn't there a risk that your emunation behaves differently than > Wireshark in some corner cases due to this? > Best regards, > Pascal.
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