On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 5:08 PM, John Erling Blad <jeblad@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry for long rant!
>
> 1. How do I get/set the list of base units (try "foot" and then ask yourself
> "which foot is this?" [4])
> 2. How do I get/set derived units (Siemens is the inverse of Ohm, that is
> S=Ω⁻¹ [3])
> 3. How do I add prefixed units (1kΩ, and 1mΩ, and note there is a bunch of
> non-standard prefixes - not to forget localized ones! [5] I hate the mess on
> Wikipedia... And note the mess with kilogram[7])
> 4. How to normalize a unit (it is (nearly) always µF, even when you write
> 4700µF [6] - this text is so messy and it does not really address the
> problem)
> 5. Is there any plan to handle deprecated units (the weight prototype
> gaining weight[1], and the new proposed standard [2] is one known problem
> 6. How to disambiguate units (the feet-problem in another version)
> 7. Is there any plan to add warnings about units that needs disambiguation
> (the feet-problem is well-known, but how about kilogram? And note that is
> the kilogram that is the standard unit, not the gram.)
> 8. How to handle incompatibilities between unit systems (you can't convert
> some old units to newer ones.)

That's why I said a minimal version is live. In due time we'll get to
these but they're not more important than the other things I
mentioned.

Cheers
Lydia

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