Re: [PATCH 1/3] fdisk: accept lowercase K/M/G suffixes

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On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 04:00:35PM +0200, Francesco Cosoleto wrote:
> These suffixes were accepted in previous fdisk versions but with
> a different meaning.

 Oh.. then it seems like a bad idea to apply this patch.

> Presumably some users are inclined not to use shift key here even if
> this isn't the expected way to write these units.

 premature optimization

 Kb, kB, KiB, .... all this is mess, and provide more alternatives for 
 the mess is only bigger mess. 
 
    Karel

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