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[UDUNITS #RIM-618234]: Question about valid units
- Subject: [UDUNITS #RIM-618234]: Question about valid units
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:14:36 -0700
Rosalyn,
> It doesn't cause me a problem, per se, just seemed confusing if anything.
>
> I guess it's ok allowing complete capitalisation or all lowercase. But
> allowing things like dAyS has the potential for confusion though, I
> would have thought.
I expect that people will either use all upper-case characters or all
lower-case characters when they use unit-names.
> I don't know if there are currently any units/symbols that would fall
> into this category, but wouldn't there be a problem if there were a unit
> whose full name was very short and could be confused with a symbol?
> e.g. if "da" were the full name of a unit, it would be ambiguous,
> because "dA" is the symbol for deciamps. Has this been thought about?
I couldn't come up with such an example (though not for lack of trying).
Please tell me if you know of or encounter one.
I believe I could very easily incorporate logic that would initially interpret
a mixed-case identifier as a (possibly prefixed) symbol. Similarly, I could
also add logic that would disallow the use of mixed-case name-based
identifiers. Please ask around to see if this kind of enforcement is something
that people would want.
> Regards,
> Rosalyn.
Regards,
Steve Emmerson
Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: RIM-618234
Department: Support UDUNITS
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed