From: Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com   
      
   scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes:   
   > Keith Thompson  writes:   
   [...]   
   >>Please use the term "null bytes", not "NULL bytes".  NULL is a standard   
   >>macro that expands to a null pointer constant.   
   >   
   > The proper term IMO is 'NUL' byte as defined by ASCII.   
      
   That's *a* proper term.  It's not the only one.   
      
   Both ASCII and EBCDIC use the term "NUL" for the character value   
   with all bits set to zero, but C doesn't assume either ASCII or   
   EBCDIC and doesn't use the name "NUL".  The standard uses the term   
   "null character", which is technically correct but might not be   
   ideal to refer to a byte in a file whose contents aren't intended   
   to represent characters.   
      
   I have no problem with the term "NUL", "NUL byte", or "NUL   
   character", but personally I tend to prefer "null byte", "zero byte",   
   or '\0'.   
      
   [...]   
      
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   Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com   
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