| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Jim Nasby <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com>, "Bort, Paul" <pbort(at)tmwsystems(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: GUC with units, details |
| Date: | 2006-07-27 22:18:07 |
| Message-ID: | 13603.1154038687@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> ... The question is whether we want to have kB mean
> 1000 bytes instead of 1024 bytes.
> In my mind, that goes against current practice.
I concur. Most of the places where we are using these units, they are
for specifying memory sizes, and *everyone* does memory sizes in binary.
The argument from disk drive makers' obviously marketing-driven decision
to use decimal doesn't impress me. And the argument from standards that
are just about universally ignored doesn't impress me either ...
regards, tom lane
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