Michael Schwingen wrote: > Jon Povey wrote: >> Yeah, most people SAY "kilobyte" but they MEAN 1024 Bytes (kibibyte). >> >> I have always used "kilobyte" to mean 1024 bytes (a kibibyte). Using >> "kilobyte" to mean 1000 bytes is unusual; hard drive manufacturers >> trying to make their drives sound bigger for example. >> >> Especially in the case of OpenOCD I can see no reason for changing >> to use units of 1000 bytes. We are computer programmers. We want >> powers of 2. >> > Then don't use "kilo" as a prefix. "kilo" has a standardized meaning > of 1000 - if you want 1024, call it something different.
I am not suggesting that kilobyte should be used for 1024. Just that I and many others have done so for years, before this "kibi" thing started showing up. If you look at the patch, I am trying to make things more correct.. -- Jon Povey jon.po...@racelogic.co.uk _______________________________________________ Openocd-development mailing list Openocd-development@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/openocd-development
