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Re: terminology: zero character vs. null character

From: Joseph Myers <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
To: Gerald Pfeifer <gerald at pfeifer dot com>
Cc: Manuel López-Ibáñez <lopezibanez at gmail dot com>, Roland Illig <roland dot illig at gmx dot de>, <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>, <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 18:15:19 +0000
Subject: Re: terminology: zero character vs. null character
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On Sun, 12 Mar 2017, Gerald Pfeifer wrote:

> On Fri, 10 Mar 2017, Manuel López-Ibáñez wrote:
> >> I am currently translating GCC into German. During that, I noticed that
> >> in some places the term "zero character" means '\0'. The official term
> >> though is "null character", as per the C standard.
> > I don't see anything explicit here: https://gcc.gnu.org/codingconventions.html
> > But I believe we follow standards' language and it should always be "null
> > character".
> 
> Agreed.
> 
> Joseph, do you also agree (and with the patch below to document this)?

Yes.

-- 
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com

References:
- terminology: zero character vs. null character
  - From: Roland Illig
- Re: terminology: zero character vs. null character
  - From: Manuel López-Ibáñez
- Re: terminology: zero character vs. null character
  - From: Gerald Pfeifer

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