Re: standard units in software

[David Lawrence <davidl@jlab.org>]

Hi Mark,

    I distinctly remember discussing this at a software meeting a long 
time ago. However, it does not appear to have made it into the coding 
conventions and a quick scan of meeting minutes was none too fruitful.

    I think we should add this to the coding conventions with the exact 
units you suggest using Tesla for the magnetic field. Would you mind 
adding the entry to the coding conventions wiki page? Then, we can 
discuss it and ratify it at the software meeting next week.

Regards,
-David

Mark M. Ito wrote:
> Folks,
>
> Do we have an official set of standard units written down somewhere? I 
> am talking about things like
>
> centimeters
> nanoseconds
> GeV
> Tesla? kilogauss?
>
> where one can assume a given quantity in the software is in standard 
> units unless stated otherwise explicitly.
>
>  -- Mark
>

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