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nholthaus / units

a compile-time, header-only, dimensional analysis and unit conversion library built on c++14 with no dependencies.
http://nholthaus.github.io/units/
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Fully naming abbreviation-named units #212

Open JohelEGP opened 5 years ago

JohelEGP commented 5 years ago

A few units, like dB and ppm, are named after their abbreviation, rather than their full name, like decibels and parts_per_million, respectively. I think these should be expanded as shown.

nholthaus commented 5 years ago

By design. I originally had those units that way, but the abbreviations are so much more canonical than the actual names that it was confusing.

nholthaus commented 5 years ago

another weird one is the unit henry. It has two plural forms, equally used, henrys and henries. I just picked one.

JohelEGP commented 5 years ago

Won't these get in the way of #196?

nholthaus commented 5 years ago

hrm, yes. I'll expand them.

nholthaus commented 3 years ago

I think this was solved with #256, sans non-linear scales, which we're intentionally leaving out.