terminology: call them null-terminated strings

Updated terminology in docs, comments and phrases to refer to C strings
as "null-terminated". Done to unify with how most other C oriented docs
refer of them and what users in general seem to prefer (based on a
single highly unscientific poll on twitter).

Reported-by: coinhubs on github
Fixes #5598
Closes #5608
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Daniel Stenberg 2020-06-25 11:38:25 +02:00
parent ff43fb6dec
commit 032e838b73
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107 changed files with 139 additions and 139 deletions

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@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ enum curl_khtype {
};
struct curl_khkey {
const char *key; /* points to a zero-terminated string encoded with base64
const char *key; /* points to a null-terminated string encoded with base64
if len is zero, otherwise to the "raw" data */
size_t len;
enum curl_khtype keytype;
@ -1446,7 +1446,7 @@ typedef enum {
/* 132 OBSOLETE. Gone in 7.16.0 */
/* 133 OBSOLETE. Gone in 7.16.0 */
/* zero terminated string for pass on to the FTP server when asked for
/* null-terminated string for pass on to the FTP server when asked for
"account" info */
CURLOPT(CURLOPT_FTP_ACCOUNT, CURLOPTTYPE_STRINGPOINT, 134),
@ -2118,7 +2118,7 @@ typedef enum {
CURL_TIMECOND_LAST
} curl_TimeCond;
/* Special size_t value signaling a zero-terminated string. */
/* Special size_t value signaling a null-terminated string. */
#define CURL_ZERO_TERMINATED ((size_t) -1)
/* curl_strequal() and curl_strnequal() are subject for removal in a future

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@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ CURL_EXTERN CURLMsg *curl_multi_info_read(CURLM *multi_handle,
* value into the equivalent human readable error string. This is
* useful for printing meaningful error messages.
*
* Returns: A pointer to a zero-terminated error message.
* Returns: A pointer to a null-terminated error message.
*/
CURL_EXTERN const char *curl_multi_strerror(CURLMcode);