From: Adam Beneschan <adambeneschan@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Null unbounded string
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 08:29:31 -0700 (PDT)
Date: 2014-08-11T08:29:31-07:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <301d13d8-00b2-4b58-8afd-70bd59e1ba44@googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c4ngamFm3f8U1@mid.individual.net>
On Saturday, August 9, 2014 1:58:10 PM UTC-7, Niklas Holsti wrote:
> > Should we make a formal clarification request?
>
> No need.
Given that the terms are defined if you know where to look, I guess you're right that there's no *need*. However, using the word "null" for multiple purposes (including a null access value) can be confusing, and obviously it's confused at least one person and has probably caused some confusion for others too. So it can't hurt to suggest maybe adding a short parenthesized clarification such as "(a string with length 0)".
-- Adam
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Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-08-09 15:28 Null unbounded string Victor Porton
2014-08-09 15:36 ` mockturtle
2014-08-09 15:38 ` Jeffrey Carter
2014-08-09 15:57 ` Victor Porton
2014-08-09 18:26 ` Simon Wright
2014-08-09 18:53 ` Victor Porton
2014-08-09 20:58 ` Niklas Holsti
2014-08-11 15:29 ` Adam Beneschan [this message]
2014-08-09 19:06 ` Per Sandberg
2014-08-11 10:55 ` AdaMagica
2014-08-12 0:30 ` anon
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