This seems like a good solution to me. Maybe a recommendation (rather
than a requirement) should be added that full units names & prefixes are
used, with a note mentioning that in some cases there may be
incompatibilities when using symbols.
Cheers,
Andrew Clegg
Steve Emmerson wrote:
> CF-conventioners,
>
> I recommend using full unit names and prefixes in unit specifications
> for just this reason: unit symbols and prefix symbols can be ambiguous,
> whereas unit names and prefix names are not.
>
> The UDUNITS-2 package will format a binary unit into a string
> representation using either symbols or names -- as requested by the client.
>
> Regards,
> Steve Emmerson
>
> Andrew Clegg wrote:
> I never thought of using the full word 'gram' - I've just checked and
> 'gram' and 'mgram' work on udunits-2 as well. Thanks.
>
> However, I'm still concerned that there are differences between the 2
> versions, and that this should be at least noted in the conventions.
> Other people in the future will probably have the same problem, and it
> would be nice to have a definitive answer. My (strong) personal
> preference is to say that all unit strings should be correct when
> interpreted with udunits-2, rather than relying on a set of 'hacks' to
> ensure compatibility between the 2.
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