| From: | "Robert Haas" <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | "Ron Mayer" <rm_pg(at)cheapcomplexdevices(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "Greg Smith" <gsmith(at)gregsmith(dot)com>, "Peter Eisentraut" <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Greg Stark" <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, "Simon Riggs" <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "Heikki Linnakangas" <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, "Marko Kreen" <markokr(at)gmail(dot)com>, "Asko Oja" <ascoja(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: [PATCH] Cleanup of GUC units code |
| Date: | 2008-09-10 15:48:33 |
| Message-ID: | 603c8f070809100848x110da57al3f9ba2ceb3cf61e3@mail.gmail.com |
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> a) Verbosely spelling out the units in the default config file
> temp_buffers = 16 megabytes
> or
> temp_buffers = 16 milliblocks :-)
> Naive users who favor cut&paste will use the verbose words
> that should leave little room for confusion. Power-users
> who know the short forms from the docs will presumably have
> read the descriptions.
I think it would make a lot of sense to encourage adding the word
"buffers" or "blocks" when that is the unit in question. This is all
religion at this point, but I find it difficult to believe that there
is any real need to spell out megabytes.
...Robert
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