Re: B-Tree support function number 3 (strxfrm() optimization) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Geoghegan
Subject Re: B-Tree support function number 3 (strxfrm() optimization)
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Msg-id CAM3SWZR0zVQaWEqmf0s4u+fv20sjT4c_g8XXvKuoUvRxsfSk1w@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: B-Tree support function number 3 (strxfrm() optimization)  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 12:15 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
> In my original patch, I wrote NUL, as in the NUL character.  You've
> changed it to NULL, but the original was correct.  NULL is a pointer
> value that is not relevant here; the character with value 0 is NUL.

"NULL-terminated string" seems like acceptable usage (e.g. [1]), but
I'll try to use the term NUL in reference to '\0' in the future to
avoid confusion.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null-terminated_string
-- 
Peter Geoghegan



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