> On Mar 26, 2022, at 9:39 AM, Taylor R Campbell
> wrote:
>
> `C string' is ambiguous because there are also char arrays that
> function as strings but which are not guaranteed to be NUL-terminated,
> as strncpy is intended for.
A non-terminated char array is not a C-string. The term
> On Mar 26, 2022, at 9:09 AM, Warner Losh wrote:
>
> Since all the 'C' standards[*] use "null-terminated" and "null character",
> it's likely best to use that terminology because there is a source of truth
> for its definition in case of ambiguity or doubt.
Ah, but you're giving up the
On Sat, Mar 26, 2022 at 9:53 AM Roland Illig wrote:
> Am 24.03.2022 um 02:55 schrieb David H. Gutteridge:
> > Module Name: src
> > Committed By: gutteridge
> > Date: Thu Mar 24 01:55:15 UTC 2022
> >
> > Modified Files:
> > src/lib/libc/gen: popen.3
> >
> > Log Message:
> >
> Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2022 16:53:19 +0100
> From: Roland Illig
>
> The term "null-terminated string" is quite common when talking about C.
> In contrast, the word "nul" in "nul-terminated" always reminds me of
> the character abbreviation in ASCII, which has a narrower scope than C.
> I prefer
> On Mar 26, 2022, at 9:17 AM, Martin Husemann wrote:
> When talking about it I prefer "zero terminated", or C-string, in
> contrast to C++ std::string (which are objects) or Pascal strings
> (which have an explicit length at the beginning).
Yes, I also prefer the term “C-string"
-- thorpej
On Sat, Mar 26, 2022 at 04:53:19PM +0100, Roland Illig wrote:
> The term "null-terminated string" is quite common when talking about C.
NULL terminated lists/array are quite common, but NULL is a pointer and
the string is terminated by a 0 char (sometimes spelled as \0 in a string
literal, but
Am 24.03.2022 um 02:55 schrieb David H. Gutteridge:
Module Name:src
Committed By: gutteridge
Date: Thu Mar 24 01:55:15 UTC 2022
Modified Files:
src/lib/libc/gen: popen.3
Log Message:
popen.3: minor spelling, grammar, style, and xref tweaks
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