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ASF GitHub Bot commented on FLINK-6469: --------------------------------------- Github user dawidwys commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/5448#discussion_r197707880 --- Diff: flink-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/configuration/MemorySize.java --- @@ -148,6 +148,27 @@ public static MemorySize parse(String text) throws IllegalArgumentException { return new MemorySize(parseBytes(text)); } + /** + * Parses the given string as as MemorySize. + * The supported expressions are listed under {@link MemorySize}. + * + * <p> + * Note : this method is compatible with the old memory config key, like {@link TaskManagerOptions#MANAGED_MEMORY_SIZE}. + * </p> + * + * @param text The string to parse. + * @return The parsed MemorySize. + * + * @throws IllegalArgumentException Thrown, if the expression cannot be parsed. + */ + public static MemorySize parseAsMebiBytesIfNoUnit(String text) throws IllegalArgumentException { --- End diff -- I think a better idea would be to have `parse(String text, MemoryUnit defaultUnit)` > Configure Memory Sizes with units > --------------------------------- > > Key: FLINK-6469 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-6469 > Project: Flink > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Core > Reporter: Stephan Ewen > Assignee: vinoyang > Priority: Major > Labels: pull-request-available > > Currently, memory sizes are configured by pure numbers, the interpretation is > different from configuration parameter to parameter. > For example, heap sizes are configured in megabytes, network buffer memory is > configured in bytes, alignment thresholds are configured in bytes. > I propose to configure all memory parameters the same way, with units similar > to time. The JVM itself configured heap size similarly: {{Xmx5g}} or > {{Xmx2000m}}. > {code} > 10000 -> bytes > 10 kb > 64 mb > 1 gb > ... > {code} -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)