Re: [PATCH] Cleanup of GUC units code

From: Ron Mayer <rm_pg(at)cheapcomplexdevices(dot)com>
To: Marko Kreen <markokr(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Cleanup of GUC units code
Date: 2008-09-09 04:12:03
Message-ID: 48C5F793.7040900@cheapcomplexdevices.com
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Marko Kreen wrote:
> Thirdly, please don't use "standard units" argument, unless you plan to
> propose use of "KiB, MiB, GiB" at the same moment.

In defense of standard units, if the postgres docs say
"Postgres will round up to the nearest power of 2"
kB and MB seem very clear to me. If we want to silently
accept other abbreviations and acronyms too (mb, mIb, whatever)
that doesn't bother me, tho.

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