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From: "George L. Yermulnik" <yz@yz.kiev.ua>
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Hello!

On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 at 18:26:33 (+0000), Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:

> > > Oh dear god, no.  Can we have a conditional (like -DSANE_UNITS) to
> > > suppress this MiB stupidity please?

> > Stupidity is in the eye of the beholder.  [...]

> > MiB removes the ambiguity.  Besides, it's the standard, and has been for
> > many years.  I'm sorry, but you're going to have to be dragged (kicking
> > and screaming maybe) into the 21st Century now.

> Well, OK.  I didn't ask to stick to traditional units, I even didn't ask to
> make it the default.  I do hope though that it can be switched off, better
> easier than not, so I can configure or patch it locally to retain my usual
> comprehension speed.

Pardon me for the noise, but as an average *nix user I'd like to stand
for danfe's point. Please, make it an opt.


-- 
George L. Yermulnik
[YZ-RIPE]