Re: effective_cache_size vs units - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: effective_cache_size vs units
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Msg-id 200612200218.52165.peter_e@gmx.net
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In response to Re: effective_cache_size vs units  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: effective_cache_size vs units  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Re: effective_cache_size vs units  (Shane Ambler <pgsql@007Marketing.com>)
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Nor do I believe that we'd ever accept a future patch that made
> the distinction between "kb" and "kB" significant --- if you think
> people are confused now, just imagine what would happen then.

As I said elsewhere, I'd imagine future functionality like a units-aware 
data type, which has been talked about several times, and then this 
would be really bad.

-- 
Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/


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