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I think this is a joke, possibly inspired by the XKCD comic (link posted in the stackoverflow comments). The string "Null" would not cause this behavior.
by joejohnson 14y ago
I think this is a joke, possibly inspired by the XKCD comic (link posted in the stackoverflow comments). The string "Null" would not cause this behavior.
- tlrobinson 14y ago'The string "Null" should not cause this behavior.' FTFY. It's certainly possible there's a bug in the library.
- Yarnage 14y agoThe OP claims it's real. After dealing with some SOAP systems I would entirely believe this is possible.
- pohl 14y agoI have personally encountered "Null" as a surname in system used by job applicants world-wide. The system's session layer encodes absent values as the string "null" at some point. The Null clan is the only problematic case, and they are numerous enough that the maintainers are aware of the problem but not so numerous to fix the session layer. I wish I could listen in on a dinner conversation at Null house. They must have an interesting perspective about computers.
- Bobby_Tables 14y agoIt could very easily be real. I was in a Fantasy Football league on Yahoo a few years ago, and there was a player named Keith Null who played briefly after another player was injured. His name just showed up as Keith.
- unfletch 14y agoI know someone named Null who's had similar problems as a user of web apps. In fact I mentioned it here a while back: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1440890 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1440890