> Gregory Stark wrote:
> > Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.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?
> >
>
> My concern is that this information does not stay in the configuration
> files. It will invariably leak out into whitepapers, presentations, product
> documentation, and before long there will be confusion about why you can't
> stuff N Mb over an N Mb connection. I am not making this up.
Uh. So you want force "proper" units in presentations at the price
of everyday admin operations? Does not seem like a sensible tradeoff.
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marko
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