On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 09:39:20PM +0100, sto....@web.de wrote:
> 'k', 'M', and 'G' are SI (unit) prefixes or metric prefixes,
> not 'number postfixes'. Also, the statement regarding binary
> prefixes ("powers of 2 are used instead of powers of 10")
> might be misinterpreted (1 kB = 10^3 B, but 1 KiB != 2^3 B).We could use a real name to attach to the commit ... > --- a/doc/avtools-common-opts.texi > +++ b/doc/avtools-common-opts.texi > @@ -1,10 +1,11 @@ > All the numerical options, if not specified otherwise, accept in input > a string representing a number, which may contain one of the > -International System number postfixes, for example 'K', 'M', 'G'. > -If 'i' is appended after the postfix, powers of 2 are used instead of > -powers of 10. The 'B' postfix multiplies the value for 8, and can be > -appended after another postfix or used alone. This allows using for > -example 'KB', 'MiB', 'G' and 'B' as postfix. > +SI unit prefixes, for example 'K', 'M', 'G'. > +If 'i' is appended after the prefix, binary prefixes are used, > +which are based on powers of 1024 instead of powers of 1000. > +The 'B' postfix multiplies the value by 8, and can be > +appended after a unit prefix or used alone. This allows using for > +example 'KB', 'MiB', 'G' and 'B' as number postfix. Umm, no, the letters are used as postfixes, not prefixes; this is wrong. Diego _______________________________________________ libav-devel mailing list libav-devel@libav.org https://lists.libav.org/mailman/listinfo/libav-devel
