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(GH-11175) Update terminology to 'enumerable null' #11177

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@michaeltlombardi michaeltlombardi commented Jun 11, 2024

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Prior to this change, the article Everything you wanted to know about $null used the term 'empty $null' to describe
[System.Management.Automation.Internal.AutomationNull]::Value

However, this terminology isn't clear enough, as both that value and the $null value itself can be considered to be 'empty.'

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Prior to this change, the article 'Everything you wanted to know about `$null`'
used the term 'empty `$null`' to describe
`[System.Management.Automation.Internal.AutomationNull]::Value`

However, this terminology isn't clear enough, as both that value and the `$null`
value itself can be considered to be 'empty.'

This change:

- Updates to use the terminology 'enumerable null' instead of 'empty `$null`'
  to describe the value.
- Resolves MicrosoftDocs#11175
- Fixes AB#260888
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@michaeltlombardi michaeltlombardi merged commit 6d5d3c5 into MicrosoftDocs:main Jun 11, 2024
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Consider changing the term "empty null" to "enumerable null" or "null enumerable"
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