Re: [PATCH] Cleanup of GUC units code

From: Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Cleanup of GUC units code
Date: 2008-09-08 14:40:40
Message-ID: 87d4je4s5z.fsf@oxford.xeocode.com
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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?!

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Gregory Stark
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