* even in cases where it *is* part of the packet data, the caller
* would still have to check for a null return value, even if it's
* just printing the return value with "%s" - not all versions of
* even in cases where it *is* part of the packet data, the caller
* would still have to check for a null return value, even if it's
* just printing the return value with "%s" - not all versions of