From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Feb 22 6:11:50 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from blackhelicopters.org (geburah.blackhelicopters.org [209.69.178.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 663C137B400 for ; Fri, 22 Feb 2002 06:11:45 -0800 (PST) Received: (from mwlucas@localhost) by blackhelicopters.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g1MEBgl33676; Fri, 22 Feb 2002 09:11:42 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mwlucas) Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 09:11:42 -0500 From: Michael Lucas To: Wouter Van Hemel Cc: doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: inconsistent use of data units Message-ID: <20020222091142.A33638@blackhelicopters.org> References: <20020221003116.GA11893@hades.hell.gr> <20020221034421.AE58A3E35@bazooka.trit.org> <20020221201254.A30956@blackhelicopters.org> <1014342876.177.305.camel@cocaine> <20020221210110.A31216@blackhelicopters.org> <1014347037.178.325.camel@cocaine> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <1014347037.178.325.camel@cocaine>; from wouter@pair.com on Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 04:03:56AM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 04:03:56AM +0100, Wouter Van Hemel wrote: > Yes, we do. Base 2 it is. But I'd just like to point out here -risking my > life- that the code itself might not always be consistent. > > But I guess _we_ shouldn't care. Point taken. Well, it's said that "if documentation does not match code, both are wrong." But until we have examples otherwise, I think we should go for base 2. > > No, but using an entity helps enforce the standard. > > You don't seem to need an entity for that... :) Well, look at it this way. Suppose we settle upon KB=kilobyte, Kb=kilobit. This would be a pain to remember, and once the standard is documented the reader will start to hold us to it. I would find it easier to remember, &kbyte; and &kbit; . The alternative is, "Is that capital B, or small b? I gotta look it up, dang it." > > Then you better do what I say, or I shall throw my almighty committer > > weight around! Whuaaa ha ha ha ha! > Finally we meet the real Michael Lucas. :) Dang, I wasn't supposed to reveal myself to the Jedi so soon! ==ml -- Michael Lucas mwlucas@FreeBSD.org, mwlucas@BlackHelicopters.org my FreeBSD column: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/Big_Scary_Daemons http://www.blackhelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message