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From Gregory Stark
Subject Re: [PATCH] Cleanup of GUC units code
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In response to Re: [PATCH] Cleanup of GUC units code  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> writes:

> It's good as a joke, but what if the user says '1024b'?  Does it mean
> 1024 blocks or one kilobyte?  If blocks, what size are we talking, the
> usual 512 bytes, or our BLCKSZ?

For what guc would you find a unit of posix-style "blocks" relevant?!

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