Re: [PATCH] Cleanup of GUC units code

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On Mon, Sep 08, 2008 at 02:18:55PM +0100, Greg Stark wrote:
> 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)

Heh. But it doesn't take Gb or gB or gb, which was one of your express
wishes. So -- hm.

Regards
- -- tomás
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