Arbitrary abbreviations in phobos considered ridiculous

[deadalnix]

Le 09/03/2012 05:42, H. S. Teoh a écrit :
> On Thu, Mar 08, 2012 at 07:07:43PM -0500, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
>> On Thursday, March 08, 2012 12:10:07 H. S. Teoh wrote:
>>> IMO, making all abbreviations in Phobos consistent would be a big
>>> step forward.
>>
>> You know, people keep saying that the abbreviations are inconsistent,
>> but I don't buy that. _What_ abbreviations are inconsistent?
> [...]
>
> My comment was referring specifically to the pull request that adds
> "secs" as an alternative for "seconds". From what Walter said, he seems
> to be against any renaming changes, so any existing inconsistencies that
> we might find seems likely to be rejected as well.

Why it isn't possible to support both ? And miliseconds as well a usecs 
? This make sense, as long as they are both common.