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Highlighting problems in Lua dissectors

Here’s a snippet of code from nordic_ble dissector that shows how you can highlight problems in Lua dissectors using add_expert_info

        local item  = tree:add_le(hf_nordic_ble_micok, tvb(UART_PACKET_FLAGS_INDEX, 1), micok > 0)
        if micok == 0 then
            -- MIC is bad
            item:add_expert_info(PI_CHECKSUM, PI_WARN, "MIC is bad")
            item:add_expert_info(PI_UNDECODED, PI_WARN, "Decryption failed (wrong key?)")

NOTE I recommend using add_proto_expert_info because add_expert_info is now deprecated.