From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jan 24 13: 6:53 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from apollo.backplane.com (apollo.backplane.com [216.240.41.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E17F814D22 for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2000 13:06:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dillon@apollo.backplane.com) Received: (from dillon@localhost) by apollo.backplane.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) id NAA92130; Mon, 24 Jan 2000 13:06:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dillon) Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 13:06:42 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Dillon Message-Id: <200001242106.NAA92130@apollo.backplane.com> To: Wes Peters Cc: Matthew Dillon , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kern/13644 References: <000001bf669f$94c4ec70$021d85d1@youwant.to> <200001242006.PAA35725@misha.cisco.com> <20000124125150.C26520@fw.wintelcom.net> <200001242035.MAA91877@apollo.backplane.com> <388CBEC7.BC807C68@softweyr.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG :> : :> :-Alfred :> :> 'nil' ? 'nil' is the designation for an ascii 0, not a pointer. :> Please use 'null' or 'NULL' -- for example, look at the gettimeofday :> man page. 'nil' has nothing to do with pointers. : :More correctly, 'nul' or 'NUL' are ASCII character 0. 'nil' is a pascal phrase :that should *not* find its way into the general UNIX lexicon. : :-- : "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" : :Wes Peters Softweyr LLC :wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ Ah, indeed! nul/NUL == ascii. 'nil' should removed from our vocabulary. -Matt Matthew Dillon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message