merlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Randal L. Schwartz) writes: >>>>>> "Junio" == Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > Junio> Having said that, are we sure that > > Junio> printf "add bar\0initial" > > > Junio> works per specification, or merely works by accident in some > Junio> implementation? > > From the POSIX spec > (http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/printf.html): > > In addition to the escape sequences shown in XBD File Format Notation ( > '\\' , '\a' , '\b' , '\f' , '\n' , '\r' , '\t' , '\v' ), "\ddd" , where > ddd is a one, two, or three-digit octal number, shall be written as a > byte with the numeric value specified by the octal number. > > Looks pretty intentional to me. \0 is a nul. I was staring at the same passage, but somehow it didn't "click" for me that the above is _not_ saying that the NUL would terminate the string. So I was worried too much and needlessly. Thanks. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html