On 24/08/12 00:01, Neil Harris wrote:
On 23/08/12 03:00, Tim Starling wrote:
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This falls in the uncanny valley between pedantic correctness and ease of use. On one hand, most users would find the degree sign too hard to type: and on the other, if you are going to insist on using the degree sign, why not also the appropriate punctuation marks for minutes and seconds?
I'll leave the policy discussions for the people who actually implement it, if and when that happens. There's not much point in arguing about a fantasy.
-- Tim Starling