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Date:      Thu, 05 Dec 2002 16:13:00 -0800
From:      Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>
To:        Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/unifdef unifdef.1 
Message-ID:  <20021206001300.B9C7D2A8A9@canning.wemm.org>
In-Reply-To: <20021204154157.GA49926@sunbay.com> 

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Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
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> On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 03:09:32PM +0000, David Malone wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 06:42:49AM -0800, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> > > ru          2002/12/04 06:42:49 PST
> > >=20
> > >   Modified files:
> > >     usr.bin/unifdef      unifdef.1=20
> > >   Log:
> > >   mdoc(7) police: s/nul character/null character/.
> >=20
> > I always though it was the NULL pointer, but the nul character,
> > as given in the ascii man page?
> >=20
> http://www.asciitable.com/
> 
> "NUL character", or "null character", but not "nul character" --
> the "nul" word doesn't exist, while NUL is the abbr. from "null":
> 
> http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?nul

NUL is not an abbreviation. It is a name.  Just like FreeBSD is a name.
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?freebsd

"The NUL character" is perfectly correct.  It is just as valid as
"The XON character" or "The NL character".

Cheers,
-Peter
--
Peter Wemm - peter@wemm.org; peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com
"All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5


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