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Wed Sep 7 02:24:18 CEST 2011 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2011-September/113524.html

Victor Stinner wrote:

> "NUL" is an abbreviation used in tables when you don't have enough space 
> to write the full name: "null character".

It's also the official name of the character, for when you want
to be unambiguous about what you mean (e.g. "null character" as
opposed to "empty string" or "null pointer").

I expect it's 3 chars for consistency with all the other control
character names.

-- 
Greg

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[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython (3.2): Fix PyUnicode_AsWideCharString() doc: size doesn't contain the null character