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SI for volume in slick grid unit editor ? #1102

Open lpatiny opened 6 years ago

lpatiny commented 6 years ago

Not sure it maters but when I enter 1l internally it convert to 0.001.

Accepted seems to be the liter

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-SI_units_mentioned_in_the_SI

So I'm just wondering if it is normal or a bug

stropitek commented 6 years ago

Mmm... I think it's because mathjs reduces units to the most basic ones. Therefore a volume is in m^3 and not L. It's important for the library for handling calculations. Maybe we should not call it SI...

stropitek commented 6 years ago

Yes I think SI is ambiguous because m^3 and L are both SI

stropitek commented 6 years ago

It should be called base unit (BU?) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI_base_unit

lpatiny commented 6 years ago

It make sense indeed that it is in m^3. For me it may stay SI.