Re: GUC time unit spelling a bit inconsistent

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Michael Paesold <mpaesold(at)gmx(dot)at>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, 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: 2007-06-22 13:29:38
Message-ID: 200706221329.l5MDTcm02878@momjian.us
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Michael Paesold wrote:
> > Btw.: I'm currently at DebConf in Edinburgh. On Scottish motorway
> > signage, "5m" means "five miles". Even the Americans do that better. So,
> > no, you can't have "m" for "minutes". ;)
>
> Even with the ;) here and the context, the last sentence sounds to me
> quite arrogant. Most people here have tried to bring arguments and
> reasoning... you put it off with irrelevant anecdotes in the wrong context.

It is hard to argue with your analysis here.

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