I am not a standards expert, but the notation here seems incorrect to me:
> gc()
used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells 138668 7.5 650970 34.8 492193 26.3
Vcells 6668566 50.9 18582019 141.8 17001419 129.8
In the IEEE 1541-2002 document (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_1541-2002) the recommended notation
for bytes is a capital B, whereas bits is either
a lower case "b", (or "bits" per IEC 60027-2)
Both documents, while possibly in disagreement as to the prefix (e.g. M vs.
Mi) agree that B is for bytes.
gc's output is commonly considered confusing, or at least not overly obvious
to many, but the notational confusion surely can't help.
Additional link:
http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html
Thanks,
Jeff
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