in reply to Re^10: Challenge: CPU-optimized byte-wise or-equals (for a meter of beer)
in thread Challenge: CPU-optimized byte-wise or-equals (for a meter of beer)

Ah, that's correct. '\0' is wrong. "\0" it is then. I forgot for a moment that q() and '' don't interpolate even single character escapes.
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