This is nonsense. An ASCII string in any language simply states the
method of interpreting the string. An ASCII string does NOT GUARANTEE
a null terminated string.
ASCIIZ on the other hand, GUARANTEES the existance of a terminating
null at the end of the string.
The semantics are unambiguous and clearly different. To document
something as being one or the other type has significant meaning,
and to tamper with the annotation enough to change the meaning
of the comment is a disservice.
This is yet another reason why people not in the know shouldn't
even be tampering with *comments*, let alone *code*.
-Dossy
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Now I'm who I want to be, where I want to be, doing what I've always said I
would and yet I feel I haven't won at all... (Aug 9, 95: Goodbye, JG.)
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