Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> writes:
> Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
>> It's good as a joke, but what if the user says '1024b'? Does it mean
>> 1024 blocks or one kilobyte? If blocks, what size are we talking, the
>> usual 512 bytes, or our BLCKSZ?
> For what guc would you find a unit of posix-style "blocks" relevant?!
The point isn't whether it's relevant, the point is that there's a
fairly serious doubt as to what the user thought it meant.
regards, tom lane