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authorRobert Griesemer <gri@golang.org>2010-02-17 15:50:34 -0800
committerRobert Griesemer <gri@golang.org>2010-02-17 15:50:34 -0800
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language spec: make NUL byte rule an implementation restriction
R=rsc, r, iant, ken2 CC=golang-dev https://golang.org/cl/211041
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@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ Each code point is distinct; for instance, upper and lower case letters
are different characters.
</p>
<p>
-Source code must not contain the NUL character (U+0000).
+Implementation restriction: For compatibility with other tools, a
+compiler may disallow the NUL character (U+0000) in the source text.
</p>
<h3 id="Characters">Characters</h3>