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

[Andrew Trick]

> On Jul 23, 2016, at 2:06 PM, Xiaodi Wu via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
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> On Sat, Jul 23, 2016 at 3:54 PM, Daniel Duan <daniel at duan.org <mailto: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.
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> 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 :)

Yeah. Using the ASCII abbreviation was intentional but after thinking about it for a second I still think it should be renamed. Swift methods are supposed to be spelled out in english. There’s no reason to use an abbreviation here.

-Andy

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