| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: GUC time unit spelling a bit inconsistent |
| Date: | 2007-06-20 22:21:41 |
| Message-ID: | 200706202221.l5KMLf805760@momjian.us |
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Gregory Stark wrote:
> "Bruce Momjian" <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
>
> > If SQL was not a popular standard, we would drop it. You and Alvaro are
> > saying that 'm' for meter and 'min' for minute is commonly recognized
> > outside the USA/UK, so that is good enough for me to say that the
> > existing setup is fine.
>
> Could you expand on your logic here? And why you disagree with my argument
> that which abbreviations are correct is irrelevant in deciding whether we
> should accept other abbreviations.
I suppose the idea is that we don't want to be sloppy about accepting
just anything in postgresql.conf. I think people are worried that an
'm' in one column might mean something different than an 'm' in another
column, and perhaps that is confusing.
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