Doc #51834 [Com]: shorthand notation states 1 kilobyte = 1024 bytes

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51834&edit=1 ID: 51834 Comment by: alexc223 at googlemail dot com Reported by: alexc223 at googlemail dot com Summary: shorthand notation states 1 kilobyte = 1024 bytes Status: Bogus Type: Documentation Problem Package: Documentation problem PHP Version: Irrelevant New Comment: Just to reiterate, I'm not asking to change the value of K, just to change the wording. No code will be effected by changing this. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-06-13 20:26:11] alexc223 at googlemail dot com Where are you getting this 98% from? It's just air facts. Everyone so far has agreed this bug exists, yet are refusing to change 1 simple word for no reason at all. Is it even worth reporting bugs against PHP documentation? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-06-13 20:12:03] artificial at iol dot ie Just because some standards body wants to redefine words does not change how 98% of people use those words. People who say kibibyte = libtards. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-05-30 14:45:18] alexc223 at googlemail dot com Can we get an update on this? I don't feel this bug report has been handled with much communication to resolve an issue that clearly exists, but is being ignored even though you agree it is a bug. It's not a bogus bug. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-05-17 15:50:02] foutrelis at gmail dot com I agree with the submitter; the correct name (kibibyte) should be used to denote 1024 bytes. Some people do know the difference between the SI and IEC prefixes and this can confuse them. For the people that don't know, it's an opportunity to learn about this. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-05-16 20:55:42] alexc223 at googlemail dot com I disagree, many users don't even know that 'kB' and 'KiB' are different things but instead there is just 'kb' to them (I have no factual evidence to support this, however that is what can normally be seen from real-world users), therefore they're not going to know that a kilobyte should be 1024 bytes or 1000 bytes. The documentation should reflect the correct term and/or value - since this has caused me quite a bit of confusing when reading over it. It stated it 'K' was for Kilobyte but has a value of 1024; what is the correct meaning of 'K'? It has to be one or the other. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51834 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51834&edit=1