[Ffmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Print KB for 1024 bytes

[Panagiotis Issaris]

Hi,

The Wanderer schreef:
>[...]
> 
> ...and "Ki" represents "kibi", which like the rest of its ilk is an ugly
> abomination, 
Why? Because you dislike the sound of it?

> not to be used on pain of ME HATES YOU FOREVER.


> (Maybe it can occasionally be grudgingly allowed for in cases where
> ambiguity is not acceptable - of which this might be one - but it can
> never be more than an inappropriate workaround, at best, and must never
> be absolutely required. Redefining existing terms such as "kilo", which
> had long been able to mean either "1000" or "1024" depending among other
Long? How long? AFAIK kilo meaning "1000" has been in use for a _much_
longer time than kilo meaning "1024". And, furthermore, the only
scientific field where k has ever had the meaning of 1024 is computer
science. So, I consider it _wrong_ usage.

> things on context, to cover only a subset of their previous meanings is
> well beyond the authority of whatever group it was which actually
> invented the new terms. This has been a very abbreviated rant.)
On the contrary: To give an existing and much used prefix an additional
meaning (superset of meanings) was beyong the authority of whatever
group that actually did this.

With friendly regards,
Takis