On 6/21/07, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 21. Juni 2007 00:38 schrieb Gregory Stark:
> > > I think people are worried that an 'm' in one column might mean something
> > > different than an 'm' in another column, and perhaps that is confusing.
> >
> > To whom? the person writing it?
>
> If everyone around here had gotten their way we'd already be in a situation
> were you could write
>
> log_rotation_age = 5m
> log_rotation_size = 5m
>
> And someone trained in the metric system would think, "What, five meters?".
> So it rotates when age and size are the same or what? And the ultimate
> consequence of that thinking is that the PostgreSQL developers are uneducated
> dummies and clearly PostgreSQL cannot be a quality product if they can't even
> get that right.
>
> So by all means add documentation and hints.
Considering Postgres will never user either "meter" or "mile"
in settings, I don't consider your argument valid.
I don't see the value of having units globally unique (literally).
It's enough if they unique in the context of postgresql.conf.
Thus +1 of having additional shortcuts Tom suggested.
Also +1 for having them case-insensitive.
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marko