Two notions of boundedness in metrizable topological vector space.

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In a metrizable topological vector space $X $ with the metric $d $, a subset A is said to be bounded if it can be absorbed by any neighbourhood of $0$ and a subset A is said to be d-bounded if its diameter with respect to the metric d is finite. Boundedness always implies d-boundedness, but the converse is not true.

I am looking for a condition for which d-boundedness implies boundedness. In the Wikipedia wiki, in the section "Topological vector spaces'', there is a statement, "The two notions of boundedness coincide for locally convex spaces''. But there is no reference for it there. Can somebody give some reference or some hint to prove this statement?

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The simplest example is $\mathbb{R}$ with the metrics $d_1(x,y)=|x-y|$ and $d_2(x,y)=|\arctan(x)-\arctan(y)|$. These two metrics define the same topology. The definition of bounded with absorption is a topological property and does not depend on which metric you choose. $d$-boundedness depends on the metric.