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Re: master a9f147a: Use the full name of the null byte/character, not it
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Andreas Schwab |
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Re: master a9f147a: Use the full name of the null byte/character, not its abbreviation |
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Mon, 05 Oct 2020 21:21:28 +0200 |
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On Okt 05 2020, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> -@xref{Lisp and Coding Systems, inhibit-nul-byte-detection}.
>> +@xref{Lisp and Coding Systems, inhibit-null-byte-detection}.
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> I think this patch is ill-advised.
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> AFAIK "NULL" is a pointer of zero value, whereas the byte/char of zero
> value is called "NUL",
NUL is the ASCII abbreviation (TLA) of the null character.
Andreas.
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