-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 09/06/2011 04:04 AM, Victor Stinner wrote: > Le 06/09/2011 02:25, Nick Coghlan a écrit : >> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 10:01 AM, victor.stinner >> <python-check...@python.org> wrote: >>> Fix also spelling of the null character. >> >> While these cases are legitimately changed to 'null' (since >> they're lowercase descriptions of the character), I figure it's >> worth mentioning again that the ASCII name for '\0' actually *is* >> NUL (i.e. only one 'L'). Strange, but true [1]. >> >> Cheers, Nick. >> >> [1] https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/ASCII > > "NUL" is an abbreviation used in tables when you don't have enough > space to write the full name: "null character". > > Where do you want to mention this abbreviation?
FWIW, the RFC 20 (the ASCII spec) really really defines 'NUL' as the *name* of the \0 character, not just an "abbreviation used in tables": http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc20#section-5.2 Tres. - -- =================================================================== Tres Seaver +1 540-429-0999 tsea...@palladion.com Palladion Software "Excellence by Design" http://palladion.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk5mODcACgkQ+gerLs4ltQ7VwACgicaURzX4wAWOi+sRYGBwF5/3 8okAniSkHIlBv/VoibW6klR3WgD8T3ph =LlKo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
