On Jul 27, 2006, at 9:16 AM, Bort, Paul wrote:
Peter Eisentraut wrote:
I have committed it using the 1024 multiplier, but if you want to
propose changing all uses of kB, MB, and GB in PostgreSQL to
the other
system, now would be the time to do it.
I think it would be a good idea. I know I don't have time to do it for
8.2.
I get the feeling that there isn't enough interest on -hackers that
anyone else is likely to do this, so I guess it waits until later.
First, when it comes to page values, perhaps we should allow pages/
blocks as a valid unit. That would allow people who want to to
specify things in pages and still be explicit about what they mean.
Second, lack of interest or no, I feel forcing specific casing/SI
units is a flat-out bad idea.
The truth is, virtually no one, even highly technical people, ever
picks nits between kB vs KiB vs KB. People will sometimes use b for
bits and B for bytes, but in the case of postgresql.conf it's very
clear that everything is talking about bytes and not bits.
Forcing people to use a specific casing scheme is just going to lead
to confusion and user frustration. If there's not a very solid
*functional* argument for it, we shouldn't do it. Wanting to enforce
a convention that people rarely use isn't a good reason.
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