Re: Add support for unit "B" to pg_size_pretty()

On 22.02.23 03:39, David Rowley wrote:
> hmm. I didn't really code pg_size_pretty with aliases in mind. I don't
> think you can do this. There's code in pg_size_pretty() and
> pg_size_pretty_numeric() that'll not work correctly. We look ahead to
> the next unit to check if there is one so we know we must use this
> unit if there are no other units to convert to.

> I think you'll need to find another way to make the aliases work.
> Maybe another array with the name and an int to reference the
> corresponding index in size_pretty_units.

Ok, here is a new patch with a separate table of aliases. (Might look
like overkill, but I think the "PiB" etc. example you had could actually
be a good use case for this as well.)