Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:00:14 GMT From: Diane Bruce <db@db.net> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/124894: Spelling mistake in strlen(3) Message-ID: <200806230300.m5N30EjE037410@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/124894; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Diane Bruce <db@db.net> To: Sam Banks <samb@catalyst.net.nz> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/124894: Spelling mistake in strlen(3) Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:41:23 -0400 On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 02:27:58AM +0000, Sam Banks wrote: > > >Number: 124894 ... > >Description: > NULL is spelled NUL inside strlen(3). That is correct. NULL is syntactic sugar for 0 in c, a NULL pointer; i.e. a pointer pointing to NULL. However, NUL is the ASCII char nul, it is not NULL. > terminating > -.Dv NUL > +.Dv NULL NULL is not a character, NUL is. -- - db@FreeBSD.org db@db.net http://www.db.net/~db
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