[swift-evolution] [Draft] Fix a typo in two String methods

[Xiaodi Wu]

On Sat, Jul 23, 2016 at 3:54 PM, Daniel Duan <daniel at duan.org> wrote:

> In the context of character sets, "nul" is the correct name for the 0
> value. "null" only makes sense when we are talking about pointer-like
> references.
>

Oh, I see: "NUL-terminated" is a thing because "NUL" is the ASCII name.
Still a little bizarre looking, though, especially if it's UTF8 rather than
ASCII. I am less bothered by it now, thanks :)


>
> This is my impression anyways.
>
> Daniel Duan
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 23, 2016, at 1:41 PM, Xiaodi Wu via swift-evolution <
> swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
>
> World's shortest proposal:
>
>
> *Introduction*
>
> In `String`, the methods `nulTerminatedUTF8` and
> `nulTerminatedUTF8CString` have the word "null" misspelled
>
> *Motivation*
>
> There is a typo
>
> *Proposed solution*
>
> Fix the typo
>
> *Impact on existing code*
>
> Emit a fix-it for existing code
>
> *Alternatives considered*
>
> Keep on spelling "nul" without the second "l"
>
> *Acknowledgments*
>
> Thanks to Andrew Trick for confirming that the existing spelling is bizarre
>
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