Re: [PATCH] Cleanup of GUC units code

From: Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Marko Kreen <markokr(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Cleanup of GUC units code
Date: 2008-09-02 12:13:55
Message-ID: 87bpz6u4n0.fsf@oxford.xeocode.com
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:

> Marko Kreen wrote:
>> In the meantime, here is simple patch for case-insensivity.
>
> You might be able to talk me into accepting various unambiguous, common
> alternative spellings of various units. But for instance allowing MB and Mb to
> mean the same thing is insane.

Because you think some user will be trying to specify their shared_buffers in
bits?

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