Re: standard units in software

["Mark M. Ito" <marki@jlab.org>]

OK. I'll add the item to the coding conventions.

David Lawrence wrote:
>
> 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
>>
>