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Date:      Tue, 13 Feb 2018 12:40:08 -0800
From:      Ravi Pokala <rpokala@mac.com>
To:        Eric van Gyzen <eric@vangyzen.net>, Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>, 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:  <A08C03AF-F642-4591-BA9C-82493D59DCA2@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <1b3a489d-d62c-6f88-a269-a35ad9bf5ef5@vangyzen.net>
References:  <201802131917.w1DJHmso047463@repo.freebsd.org> <1518549829.85310.39.camel@freebsd.org> <CAPyFy2Cckiz8iBzy664-%2BpVCPJhmxdD_JmzmEpSo5WFV-b8DEA@mail.gmail.com> <1b3a489d-d62c-6f88-a269-a35ad9bf5ef5@vangyzen.net>

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-----Original Message-----
From: <owner-src-committers@freebsd.org> on behalf of Eric van Gyzen <eric@vangyzen.net>
Date: 2018-02-13, Tuesday at 11:52
To: Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>, 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

> ...
> 
> I prefer '\0' here because it tells the reader that it's a NUL
> character, as opposed to a NULL pointer or a zero integer.  Yes, the
> reader should already know that, but the author can /help/ the reader by
> communicating more clearly and completely.
>
> Eric

Out of morbid curiosity, does any standard (or any of our non-standard headers) define a "NUL" macro for use as a manual string terminator?

-Ravi (rpokala@)





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