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authordgp <dgp@users.sourceforge.net>2003-07-18 16:56:24 (GMT)
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* doc/AddErrInfo.3: Improved consistency of documentation
* doc/CrtTrace.3: by using "null" everywhere to refer to * doc/Encoding.3: the character '\0', and using "NULL" * doc/Eval.3: everywhere to refer to the value of a * doc/GetIndex.3: pointer that points to nowhere. * doc/Hash.3: Also dropped references to ASCII that * doc/LinkVar.3: are no longer true, and standardized on * doc/Macintosh.3: the hyphenated spelling of "null-terminated". * doc/OpenFileChnl.3: * doc/SetVar.3: * doc/StringObj.3: * doc/Utf.3:
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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: OpenFileChnl.3,v 1.20 2002/07/23 18:17:12 jenglish Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: OpenFileChnl.3,v 1.20.2.1 2003/07/18 16:56:24 dgp Exp $
.so man.macros
.TH Tcl_OpenFileChannel 3 8.3 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
.BS
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ and exists for backwards compatibility with non-internationalized Tcl
extensions. It consumes bytes from \fIchannel\fR and stores them in
\fIreadBuf\fR, performing end-of-line translations on the way. The return value
of \fBTcl_Read\fR is the number of bytes, up to \fIbytesToRead\fR, written in
-\fIreadBuf\fR. The buffer produced by \fBTcl_Read\fR is not NULL terminated.
+\fIreadBuf\fR. The buffer produced by \fBTcl_Read\fR is not null-terminated.
Its contents are valid from the zeroth position up to and excluding the
position indicated by the return value.
.PP
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ added to the input queue. \fBTcl_Ungets\fR returns \fIinputLen\fR or
\fIcharBuf\fR. The UTF-8 characters in the buffer are converted to the
channel's encoding and queued for output to \fIchannel\fR. If
\fIbytesToWrite\fR is negative, \fBTcl_WriteChars\fR expects \fIcharBuf\fR
-to be NULL terminated and it outputs everything up to the NULL.
+to be null-terminated and it outputs everything up to the null.
.PP
Data queued for output may not appear on the output device immediately, due
to internal buffering. If the data should appear immediately, call
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ deprecated and exists for backwards compatibility with non-internationalized
Tcl extensions. It accepts \fIbytesToWrite\fR bytes of data at
\fIbyteBuf\fR and queues them for output to \fIchannel\fR. If
\fIbytesToWrite\fR is negative, \fBTcl_Write\fR expects \fIbyteBuf\fR to be
-NULL terminated and it outputs everything up to the NULL.
+null-terminated and it outputs everything up to the null.
.PP
\fBTcl_WriteRaw\fR is the same as \fBTcl_Write\fR but does not
compensate for stacking. While \fBTcl_Write\fR (and the other