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| author | keramida <keramida@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-12-23 23:45:25 +0000 |
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| committer | keramida <keramida@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-12-23 23:45:25 +0000 |
| commit | 9992d6428f038cb027b08a659e8253ae0f0503a1 (patch) | |
| tree | fa17121d9a635b571177c32da68d0670990b2c96 /lib/libc/sys/recv.2 | |
| parent | 9cd8396061808a32518fcb7e287437308d5ef937 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-9992d6428f038cb027b08a659e8253ae0f0503a1.zip FreeBSD-src-9992d6428f038cb027b08a659e8253ae0f0503a1.tar.gz | |
``NULL is a specific instance of a null pointer constant; the generic is
a "null pointer".''
Making good use of the excellent explanations sent to me by Ruslan
Ermilov, Garrett Wollman and Bruce Evans, correct the descriptions of
null pointers. They are just "null pointers", not nil, not NULL or
".Dv NULL".
Suggested by: ru, wollman, bde
Reviewed by: ru, wollman
Pointy hat: keramida
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/sys/recv.2')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/recv.2 | 5 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/recv.2 b/lib/libc/sys/recv.2 index 8c3e1b6..6833a59 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/recv.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/recv.2 @@ -63,8 +63,7 @@ it is connection-oriented. .Pp If .Fa from -is not -.Dv NULL , +is not a null pointer and the socket is not connection-oriented, the source address of the message is filled in. The @@ -85,7 +84,7 @@ socket (see and is identical to .Fn recvfrom with a -.Dv NULL +null pointer passed as its .Fa from argument. As it is redundant, it may not be supported in future releases. |
