Re: [PATCH] Cleanup of GUC units code

"Greg Stark" <stark@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 2:11 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> But of course case insensitivity isn't going to fix that example for you.
>> So we're right back at the question of where we should draw the line in
>> trying to accept variant input.

> Well it's not a perfect precedent but for example, dd accepts:

> G    (2^30)
> M    (2^20)
> k     (2^10)
> K    (2^10)
> Kb  (10^3)
> MB (10^6)
> GB (10^9)
> b    (512)

Hmm.  I could get behind a proposal to allow single-letter abbreviations
if it could be made to work across the board, but what about the time
units?  "ms" vs "min" is the sticky part there...
        regards, tom lane