Re: Support bytesize comparison in sort

[Paul Eggert]

Mart Somermaa <address@hidden> writes:

> What is the general consensus on adding the '--human-readable-bytesize'
> otpion to sort?

A problem with it is figuring out how to add lots of options to sort.
We're running out of letters.  This one probably doesn't deserve a
single letter.  And yet single letters are the only syntax we
currently have for sorting different fields with different options.

There's also the problem of implementing it correctly -- it's a bit
trickier than one might think, especially if you want powers-of-2
rather than powers-of-10.