Re: [PATCH] Cleanup of GUC units code

Gregory Stark wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
>
>> Marko Kreen wrote:
>>> In the meantime, here is simple patch for case-insensivity.
>> You might be able to talk me into accepting various unambiguous, common
>> alternative spellings of various units. But for instance allowing MB and Mb to
>> mean the same thing is insane.
>
> Because you think some user will be trying to specify their shared_buffers in
> bits?

My concern is that this information does not stay in the configuration
files. It will invariably leak out into whitepapers, presentations,
product documentation, and before long there will be confusion about why
you can't stuff N Mb over an N Mb connection. I am not making this up.

Mb does not add any typing ease (as "KB" might) or readability (as "sec"
might), and there is no respectable source that will claim it is an
acceptable alias for MB.