How to audit potential unit conversion errors

[rburghol]

Hey @jdkleiner based on your query, I thought we shouldn't simply dismiss this offhand. So let's have an issue to discuss where, how and when to audit unit conversion.

• we can certainly add units and data type to equations and all other subcomps (like vardefs)
• It would then be easy enough if an input variable to an equation or other expression is of a different unit type than the expression using it, then we can flag it for inspection. That could be a point of review.
• The tricky part is how to insure that a variable IS transformed: detecting a conversion inside an equation would be very difficult.

[jdkleiner]

• "we can certainly add units and data type to equations and all other subcomps (like vardefs)"
  • I love this idea, and if we can have it flag for inspection any time an input variable is of a different unit type, I think that'll get us 99% of the way there- because that'll at least require us to put eyeballs on where unit conversions are needed, so we can probably get away from having to solve the third bullet above