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Re: GUC time unit spelling a bit inconsistent

Dave Page <dpage@postgresql.org>

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From: Dave Page <dpage@postgresql.org>
To: Michael Paesold <mpaesold@gmx.at>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2007-06-21T09:01:04Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Michael Paesold wrote:
> It's not about a certain standard. There are so many different ways in 
> the world to write time units, so in a certain context a standard is 
> really useful to constrain the format/syntax, but...
> 
> This all was about usability of a configuration file, wasn't it? Now, 
> Peter, you improved that very much with this change. But do you at the 
> same time want to cripple the usefulness again by insisting on a certain 
> _syntax_, while the _semantics_ are completely clear to (guessing) 99% 
> of the people who will changes these settings?

FWIW, I agree entirely.

Regards, Dave