On 11/19/12 10:53 PM, sto....@web.de wrote:
Am 19.11.2012 22:26, schrieb Diego Biurrun:
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 ...
Sorry, see below.
--- 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.
As a physicist, I strongly disagree.
As a guy involved in metrology I concur with Marcus, the fact we omit b
is just a convenience.
lu
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