Re: Wording: NUL(L) byte

<!ENTITY nul 'NUL'> preserves the meaning. The second example 'NUL byte' mixes the two metaphors. How about: <!ENTITY NUL 'NUL'> OR <!ENTITY null 'null byte'> OR <!ENTITY null 'null character'> OR <!ENTITY null 'null thingy'> <-----<<< Not really. On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 8:42 PM, Christoph Becker <cmbecker69@gmx.de> wrote: > Hi everybody! > > While updating the German translation, I've found several changes of the > wording "NUL byte" to "NULL byte". Now I've stumbled upon the isset > man > page[1], where it says "&null; byte". > > I think it would be good if there will be a general guideline on how to > spell this byte. ASCII uses the abbreviation "NUL"; in C one speaks of > "null character" and "null-terminated strings", which are also known as > ASCIIZ (note the trailing "Z" for "zero"). Wikipedia seems to prefer > the abbreviation "NUL". > > For consistency, and particularly with regard to translations, I suggest > to introduce the character entity reference &nul; (which would have to > carefully be distinguished from &null;). I'm not sure whether the > respective entity should include the word "byte" or not. Some ideas: > > <!ENTITY nul 'NUL'> > <!ENTITY nul 'NUL byte'> > <!ENTITY nul 'null byte'> > > Thoughts? > > [1] <http://php.net/manual/en/function.isset.php> > > -- > Christoph M. Becker >