On Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 12:56:07PM -0500, Eric Lowe wrote: > There is an easy way out of the suffix problem: use 'b?' for K, M, etc. > and 'b?i' for Ki, Mi, ... so I don't see why there is so much debate > about this. Forcing KiB, MiB, etc. will forcibly change the output of > tools which currently display KB, MB, etc. using 2**(10**n) which may be > undesirable.
How about: Make 'B' for K, M, etc..., make it Obsolete, and discourage its use. It should be used only where converting code that used to display K, M, etc... Make 'b' for Ki, Mi, and so on and make it Committed. Nico --
