My vote: changing Numeric#kilobyte at this point will result in
breakage. Thus, we can't cause the existing kilo/mega/etc. methods to
change.
However, I think the unitless approach is worth investigating:
Numeric#kilo #-> n*1_000
Numeric#mega #-> n*1_000_000
etc.
- Jamis
On Jun 13, 2006, at 12:43 PM, Johan Sorensen wrote:
On 13 jun 2006, at 18.08, Dr. Ernie Prabhakar wrote:
Much as I admire the kibibyte concept, I have never seen *anyone*
using this in real life. Ultimately, language is determined by
usage, not standards, and I think we need to bow to public opinion
in this case.
Strongspace, a rails application, does: http://www.strongspace.com/
faqs#what-is-a-gib
I don't think we've ever heard anyone really complain about it,
other than "it's great you're using the proper units".
JS
(my ~0.341 bytes)
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