| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | "Greg Stark" <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "Simon Riggs" <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "Heikki Linnakangas" <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, "Marko Kreen" <markokr(at)gmail(dot)com>, "Peter Eisentraut" <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, "Asko Oja" <ascoja(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: [PATCH] Cleanup of GUC units code |
| Date: | 2008-09-08 14:10:44 |
| Message-ID: | 14276.1220883044@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"Greg Stark" <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> writes:
> On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 2:11 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> But of course case insensitivity isn't going to fix that example for you.
>> So we're right back at the question of where we should draw the line in
>> trying to accept variant input.
> Well it's not a perfect precedent but for example, dd accepts:
> G (2^30)
> M (2^20)
> k (2^10)
> K (2^10)
> Kb (10^3)
> MB (10^6)
> GB (10^9)
> b (512)
Hmm. I could get behind a proposal to allow single-letter abbreviations
if it could be made to work across the board, but what about the time
units? "ms" vs "min" is the sticky part there...
regards, tom lane
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