[Tinyos-devel] purpose of the Packet.clear() function

[Miklos Maroti]

Hi!

> I think the direction this discussion is going
> sounds right: currently, clear() is problematic as it clears the
> payload: rather than a deep clean, it should only apply to headers,
> footers, and metadata for the called layer and those below.

Agreed. I have always assumed that clear clears only the header,
footer and metadata. Why would anyone fill the payload with 0x00
bytes? The user knows the format of the payload.

Miklos