* Tom Lane ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Neil Conway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > While we're on the subject, the units used by pg_size_pretty() are > > incorrect, at least according to the IEC: for example, "MB" is > > strictly-speaking one million bytes, not 1024^2 bytes. 1024^2 bytes is 1 > > MiB (similarly for KiB, GiB, and TiB). I'll take a look at fixing this > > as well, barring any objections. > > [ itch... ] The IEC may think they get to define what's correct, but > I don't think that squares with common usage. The only people who > think MB is measured in decimal are disk-manufacturer marketroids.
That isn't entirely accurate, unfortunately. Telecom also generally
uses decimal. I'm as unhappy with the current situation as anyone but
it's not just disk makers & marketing folks, even amoung the computing
industry.
Thanks,
Stephen
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