In article <20061016084845.E7B80211CA@cvs.netbsd.org> you write:
>Log Message:
>nul/null/NULL cleanup:
>when talking about characters/bytes, use "nul" and "nul-terminate"

I think this is wrong.  The C standard uses the phrase "null character" 
to mean a character with all bits zero.  POSIX uses the phrase 
"null-terminated".  "NUL" is the ISO 6429 mnemonic for the "NULL"
control function, which is coded as 00/00 in the default C0 set.  The 
OED lists "nul" as a rare variant spelling of "null".

I think in the context of the C language, the most correct terminology
would be "null character" and "null-terminate".  "NUL" should strictly
only be used when referring to the character as part of the content of a
string, rather than as a terminator.  I think "nul" should be avoided 
entirely.

I could, of course, be wrong.

-- 
Ben Harris