On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 02:48:55PM -0400, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 7/30/16 2:16 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > The second patch does what Tom suggests above by outputting only "KB",
> > and it supports "kB" for backward compatibility. What it doesn't do is
> > to allow arbitrary case, which I think would be a step backward. The
> > second patch actually does match the JEDEC standard, except for allowing
> > "kB".
>
> If we're going to make changes, why not bite the bullet and output KiB?
>
> I have never heard of JEDEC, so I'm less inclined to accept their
> "standard" at this point.
I already address this. While I have never heard of JEDEC either, I
have seen KB, and have never seen KiB, hence my argument that KiB would
lead to more confusion than we have now.
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