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

[Nevin Brackett-Rozinsky]

And yet the *name* of the character is the “null character
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_character>”, and a string that
terminates in one is called a “null-terminated string
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null-terminated_string>”. Those are the
terms of art, and I would not expect an abbreviation in this context.

+1 to the proposed change.

Nevin


On Sat, Jul 23, 2016 at 5:06 PM, Xiaodi Wu via swift-evolution <
swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:

> 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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