| From: | Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: 8.1 system info / admin functions |
| Date: | 2005-09-14 05:37:51 |
| Message-ID: | 4327B72F.9030101@samurai.com |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> [ 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.
Well, just them and the IEEE :)
While common usage has been to use kB to mean 1024 bytes, that isn't
even consistent with the use of the "kilo" prefix for other units (for
example, a kilometer is 1000 meters, not 1024). "Common usage" is simply
mistaken here, IMHO.
(Of course, it doesn't really matter in this case because
pg_pretty_size() is an approximation anyway.)
-Neil
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