On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 4:54 AM, Pavel Stehule <pavel.steh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> new update:
>
> 1. unit searching is case insensitive
>
> 2. initial support for binary byte prefixes - KiB, MiB, ..  (IEC standard),
> change behave for SI units
>
> Second point is much more complex then it is looking - if pg_size_bytes
> should be consistent with pg_size_pretty.
>
> The current pg_size_pretty and transformations in guc.c are based on JEDEC
> standard. Using this standard for GUC has sense - using it for object sizes
> is probably unhappy.
>
> I tried to fix (and enhance) pg_size_pretty - now reports correct units, and
> via second parameter it allows to specify base: 2 (binary, IEC  - default)
> or 10 (SI).

-1 from me.  I don't think we should muck with the way pg_size_pretty works.

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Robert Haas
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