Seems like a change for change sake rather than something "common" people will actually use.
Bob Silva http://i.nfectio.us/ > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:rails-core- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jamie Quint > Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 5:59 PM > To: rails-core@lists.rubyonrails.org > Subject: Re: [Rails-core] Are you a kilobyte or a kibibyte person? > > I think the alias idea is a good one. I have submitted a patch that > does exactly that. > > http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/5387 > > I wasn't exactly sure what to do for the tests since they are just > aliases, I just added copies of the existing numeric_ext_tests and > changed kilo => kibi, etc. Please have a look, I think this is > sufficient to fix this "problem" > > ~Jamie > > On Jun 13, 2006, at 3:42 PM, James Adam wrote: > > > Agreed - it doesn't seem harmful to include aliases such that people > > *can* call kibibyte and get the correct result, or possibly even move > > the actual implementation into those new methods and redefine the > > kilo/mega methods as aliases*... > > > > However, changing the default behaviour of kilobyte and megabyte is > > going to > > > > a) drop-kick the principle of least surprise > > b) break stuff in potentially non-obvious ways > > > > By all means start the kibi revolution, but begin it with gentle > > re-education rather than sudden Numeric disruption. I suspect it may > > be a while before the world is ready to deal with tibibytes.... > > > > - james > > > > * or... write a plugin that defines the correct behaviour, and > > persuade people to love it. > > > > On 6/13/06, Jamis Buck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> 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) > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Rails-core mailing list > >> > Rails-core@lists.rubyonrails.org > >> > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails-core > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Rails-core mailing list > >> Rails-core@lists.rubyonrails.org > >> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails-core > >> > > > > > > -- > > * J * > > ~ > > _______________________________________________ > > Rails-core mailing list > > Rails-core@lists.rubyonrails.org > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails-core > > _______________________________________________ > Rails-core mailing list > Rails-core@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails-core _______________________________________________ Rails-core mailing list Rails-core@lists.rubyonrails.org http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails-core
