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Date:      Tue, 13 Feb 2018 14:43:04 -0500
From:      Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>
To:        Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org>
Cc:        src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all@freebsd.org,  svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r329237 - head/sys/libkern
Message-ID:  <CAPyFy2Cckiz8iBzy664-%2BpVCPJhmxdD_JmzmEpSo5WFV-b8DEA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 13 February 2018 at 14:23, Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 2018-02-13 at 19:17 +0000, Ed Maste wrote:
>> Author: emaste
>> Date: Tue Feb 13 19:17:48 2018
>> New Revision: 329237
>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/329237
>>
>> Log:
>>   libkern: use nul for terminating char rather than 0
>>
>>   Akin to the change made in r188080 for lib/libc/string/.
>>
>>   Reported by:        bde
>>   Sponsored by:       The FreeBSD Foundation
>
> There are many ways to spell 0.  Why are we using something other than
> the simplest way?  Is it a style rule thing, or is it portability-
> correctness, or what?

I made the change to improve consistency between lib/libc/string and
sys/libkern, which is what Bruce commented on some time ago. I don't
have a personal preference for 0 or '\0' but definitely believe that
if we have multiple, similar copies of a function they ought to avoid
gratuitous differences. (I'm happy to change both trees to 0 if that's
preferred.)



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