Re: RFC 263 (v1) Add null() keyword and fundamental data type

[Tom Christiansen]

>Tom Christiansen wrote:

>> >     no strict;
>> >     $a = undef;
>> >     $b = null;
>>
>> Perl already has a null string: "".

>That's an empty string.  In any case, if you really want to call it a
>null string, that's fine, just a little more likely to be
>misinterpreted.  

In Perl, this is the null string:    ""
In Perl, this is the null character: "\0"
In Perl, this is the null list:      ()

It's a shame you don't like it, but this is the way we speak.
If you wish to make sense of the documentation, you must learn
its language.

--tom