Re: Cleanup Base: fetch

[Mads Martin Joergensen <mmj@xxxxxx>]

Matthew Dillon wrote:
> :Isn't it better to use the '\0' to make it clear it's a character?
> :style(9) says this:
> :
> :     Do not use ! for tests unless it is a boolean, e.g. use
> :
> :     if (*p == '\0')
> :
> :     not
> :
> :     if (!*p)
> :
> :Of course it ends up being personal preference, but anyway, just curious.
>
>     Something like '\n' at least has some readability value, but
>     '\0' doesn't, really.  Or at least, not much.
>
>     I guess it's personal preference, I could go either way but I
>     would tend to just use 0.

Would 0 not be 32-bit and '\0' 8-bit?

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