On 26.11.2018 05:58, Daniel Shahaf wrote: >>> (we needn't support other values (except perhaps --base=1 for the 1.11 >>> behaviour)) >> ?:\ Which behaviour? > The default behaviour: printing the filesize as an integer (possibly with > thousands separator). Mathematically, base-2 means the printed value N > stands for N * 2**foo, so the 1.11 behaviour is equivalent to --unit-base=1.
Ah! this is "1.11" the version number, not "1.11" some magical base-1 number format. For a moment I was worried about having to print thousands of 1's. :) Nitpick: the base-2 units are actually base-2^10, and the base-10 units are really base-10^3. > It might be clearer to just call it --unit-base=none. But do we really need to support this option value explicitly? The absence of the option already asserts the default behaviour. -- Brane
