>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Paul> Start with perldata, which says "there are actually two varieties of Paul> null strings", and has done since at least Perl 4. The Perl 1 manpage Paul> mentions null strings. So do Learning Perl (2nd ed) and Learning Perl Paul> on Win32 (1st ed). Programming Perl (2nd ed) is littered with Paul> references to null strings, including an entry in the glossary. Right. But we never call those "NULL strings". So if someone is specifically saying "NULL", they're coming from a non-Perl background, and there's no Perl equivalent, until we get further information. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
