Re: terminology: zero character vs. null character

2017-03-14 Thread Martin Sebor
On 03/13/2017 04:34 PM, Bruce Korb wrote: On 03/13/17 15:02, Gerald Pfeifer wrote: On Mon, 13 Mar 2017, Joseph Myers 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",

Re: terminology: zero character vs. null character

2017-03-13 Thread Bruce Korb
On 03/13/17 15:02, Gerald Pfeifer wrote: > On Mon, 13 Mar 2017, Joseph Myers 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.

Re: terminology: zero character vs. null character

2017-03-13 Thread Gerald Pfeifer
On Mon, 13 Mar 2017, Joseph Myers 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. >> Joseph, do you also agree (and with the patch

Re: terminology: zero character vs. null character

2017-03-13 Thread Joseph Myers
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

Re: terminology: zero character vs. null character

2017-03-12 Thread Gerald Pfeifer
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: