Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 07:50:03 GMT From: Christian Brueffer <brueffer@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/141125: Typo of "NUL" in getline.3 man page Message-ID: <200912030750.nB37o3ZR026265@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/141125; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Christian Brueffer <brueffer@FreeBSD.org> To: Jeremy Huddleston <jeremyhu@apple.com> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/141125: Typo of "NUL" in getline.3 man page Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 08:33:32 +0100 On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 11:06:06PM +0000, Jeremy Huddleston wrote: > > >Number: 141125 > >Category: docs > >Synopsis: Typo of "NUL" in getline.3 man page > >Confidential: no > >Severity: non-critical > >Priority: low > >Responsible: freebsd-doc > >State: open > >Quarter: > >Keywords: > >Date-Required: > >Class: doc-bug > >Submitter-Id: current-users > >Arrival-Date: Wed Dec 02 23:10:01 UTC 2009 > >Closed-Date: > >Last-Modified: > >Originator: Jeremy Huddleston > >Release: 8.0 > >Organization: > Apple > >Environment: > NA > >Description: > "NUL" was written where it should've been "NULL" in getline.3 > > >How-To-Repeat: > > >Fix: > Index: getline.3 > =================================================================== > RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/lib/libc/stdio/getline.3,v > retrieving revision 1.2 > diff -u -p -r1.2 getline.3 > --- getline.3 6 Apr 2009 13:50:04 -0000 1.2 > +++ getline.3 2 Dec 2009 23:05:48 -0000 > @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ and > .Fn getline > functions return the number of characters written, excluding the > terminating > -.Dv NUL . > +.Dv NULL . > The value \-1 is returned if an error occurs, or if end-of-file is reached. > .Sh EXAMPLES > The following code fragment reads lines from a file and > > Hi Jeremy, I don't feel this change is needed. NUL is the common name for \0, as written in every ASCII table. Maybe "NUL character" would be clearer though. - Christian -- Christian Brueffer chris@unixpages.org brueffer@FreeBSD.org GPG Key: http://people.freebsd.org/~brueffer/brueffer.key.asc GPG Fingerprint: A5C8 2099 19FF AACA F41B B29B 6C76 178C A0ED 982D
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