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diff --git a/doc/README.developer b/doc/README.developer
index 230d5d9975..9c18196f7b 100644
--- a/doc/README.developer
+++ b/doc/README.developer
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$Id: README.developer,v 1.90 2004/02/14 10:37:22 obiot Exp $
+$Id: README.developer,v 1.91 2004/02/19 11:45:02 jmayer Exp $
This file is a HOWTO for Ethereal developers. It describes how to start coding
a Ethereal protocol dissector and the use some of the important functions and
@@ -262,12 +262,12 @@ code inside
is needed only if you are using the "snprintf()" function.
-The "$Id: README.developer,v 1.90 2004/02/14 10:37:22 obiot Exp $"
+The "$Id: README.developer,v 1.91 2004/02/19 11:45:02 jmayer Exp $"
in the comment will be updated by CVS when the file is
checked in; it will allow the RCS "ident" command to report which
version of the file is currently checked out.
-When creating a new file, it is fine to just write "$Id: README.developer,v 1.90 2004/02/14 10:37:22 obiot Exp $" as RCS will
+When creating a new file, it is fine to just write "$Id: README.developer,v 1.91 2004/02/19 11:45:02 jmayer Exp $" as RCS will
automatically fill in the identifier at the time the file will be added to the
CVS repository (checked in).
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ CVS repository (checked in).
* Routines for PROTONAME dissection
* Copyright 2000, YOUR_NAME <YOUR_EMAIL_ADDRESS>
*
- * $Id: README.developer,v 1.90 2004/02/14 10:37:22 obiot Exp $
+ * $Id: README.developer,v 1.91 2004/02/19 11:45:02 jmayer Exp $
*
* Ethereal - Network traffic analyzer
* By Gerald Combs <gerald@ethereal.com>
@@ -1006,11 +1006,6 @@ For fields of that type, you would declare an array of "value_string"s:
indicate the end of the array). The 'strings' field would be set to
'VALS(valstringname)'.
-(Note: before Ethereal 0.7.6, we had separate field types like
-FT_VALS_UINT8 which denoted the use of value_strings. Now, the
-non-NULLness of the pointer lets the proto_tree know that a value_string
-is meant for this field).
-
If the field has a numeric rather than an enumerated type, the 'strings'
field would be set to NULL.