Re: [PATCH] Cleanup of GUC units code

On 9/3/08, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com> writes:
>  > "Marko Kreen" <markokr@gmail.com> writes:
>  >> Uh.  So you want force "proper" units in presentations at the price
>  >> of everyday admin operations?  Does not seem like a sensible tradeoff.
>
>  > It didn't to anyone else when Peter wrote the current version either, but as
>  > the person willing to actually do the work and write the code Peter got to
>  > make the decision. Nobody else stepped up to do the work to change it and we
>  > can't exactly force Peter to do work he doesn't agree with.
>
>
> It's not that, in my mind: it's that Peter feels more strongly about it
>  than the rest of us.  This proposal has come up before and he's
>  successfully argued it down each time.  He does have a point about there
>  being some potential for confusion; and the arguments on the other side
>  are not much better than "I'm lazy".  Being lazy myself, I'd prefer a
>  case insensitive implementation; but I don't feel strongly enough about
>  it to want to override Peter's opinion.

Um, being lazy is *the point* of units!?  And being friendly to
newbies.  Can there be any other reason for their existence?

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marko