NULL is zero though, so it can be assigned to char or any integer type, just that it would not be semantically correct.you constantly call nul-character "NULL". It is wrong. NULL is pointer and as so cannot be assigned to char or any other integer type...
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ok, it should not be assigned... and after assignement is it already not NULL pointer, but 0
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Yes, but to begin with NULL is 0 (or 0L, but not (void*)0). After all, unlike the proposed nullptr, it is not a null pointer, but a null pointer constant.and after assignement is it already not NULL pointer, but 0
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You're probably technically correct, but I just think of NULL == 0 == '\0'...
Maybe they should have gave '\0' a more unique sounding name?
It doesn't sound different when pronounced, but in writing I refer to '\0' as "null" (lowercase) as opposed to NULL, which is a pointer. Yech.
ASCII calls it 'nul' or 'NUL' (not case-sensitive in the ASCII world).
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MSDN calls it NULL char and it sounds better than NUL to me.
The C++ Standard itself calls '\0' the null character. I daresay it would be better not to call it the NULL character so as to avoid confusion, even though '\0' == NULL is true.
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Well, null sounds better than nul, so that's fine.
Well if its worth anything one would pronounce NUL and NULL the same, and the only reason it is NUL is because the names for ASCII chars are abbreviated. Thus NUL is just short for NULL anyhow. Careful when trusting MSDN. If I had a penny for every time I saw Microsoft Specific in bold at the top and bottom of a page, I'd be at the dollar menu as we speak!
Yeah, but I didn't figure NULL char to be wrong. And no one objected when I mentioned MSDN used the phrase NULL char.
I have no problem with saying NULL char. Since it too is pronounced the same as '\0'I am not a big fan of either to be honest, however. 0 takes oh so much less time to type and is unmistakable (well at least as long as the letter "O" is not a variable
I don't really see where it is... http://www.google.co.il/search?hl=en...soft.com&meta=
All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection,
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– David J. Wheeler
Unfortunately, I don't know where I found that. It may be lost with time. But I did find it mentioned "null char" in context on a page, too.
Use a better font?0 takes oh so much less time to type and is unmistakable (well at least as long as the letter "O" is not a variable
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