On 2 December 2013 10:01, Joerg Mayer <jma...@loplof.de> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 02, 2013 at 03:34:33AM +0000, Christopher Maynard wrote: > > For example, if a user wants to set a maximum file size, then I think > it's > > more intuitive to the user to specify and expect SI, powers of 10, units > to > > apply rather than the IEC, powers of 2, units. This might end up being a > > bit strange on some OS's (Windows, for example) to see a 977KB file size > for > > file that's actually 1MB in size, but apparently at least one OS, Mac OS > X > > version 10.6 will now use MB for all file and disk sizes so that same 1MB > > file will actually be correctly reported as such. This to me makes the > most > > sense, and so I'm in favor of changing the code to (and prefixes back > to) SI > > units. > > > > This could also be said of the capture buffer size, which is currently > > incorrectly reported as MB (when it's really MiB). > > > > What do others think before I make any changes to SI units? > > Please change to SI in these cases. > > > Somewhat UK centric, and possibly NSFW in some jurisdictions, but the official internet units of measure are here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/24/vulture_central_standards/
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