[yt-dev] Milliparsecs

[Nathan Goldbaum]

Here is the change:

https://bitbucket.org/ngoldbaum/yt/commits/2e6d536ffa1976e4699093c4bb3b3bc4ade3f9da

We'll definitely be leaving 'm' -> 'milli' alone.  FWIW, we already do this
by mapping 'mpc' -> 'Mpc' in plot labels.


On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Britton Smith <brittonsmith at gmail.com>wrote:

> Ok, then I will put my anal personality (which would never agree to such a
> thing) aside and say I'm cool with this.
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 8:43 PM, Matthew Turk <matthewturk at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Britton,
>>
>> This would be in the units refactor of yt-3.0, and would *only* apply
>> to parsecs.  This would be the exclusive special case of m[some unit]
>> meaning Mega.
>>
>> -Matt
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 3:41 PM, Britton Smith <brittonsmith at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi Matt,
>> >
>> > Where exactly is this?  Is this in yt-3.0, and if so, would this apply
>> to
>> > all uses of m as milli?  Is that is so, then my concern is for when yt
>> > becomes more used by other domains that actually do have a valid use for
>> > milli.
>> >
>> > Britton
>> >
>> >
>> > On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 8:24 PM, Matthew Turk <matthewturk at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi all,
>> >>
>> >> Nathan and I are working on some unit things.  One that came up is
>> >> that it looked like the conversion to mpc was wrong.
>> >>
>> >> Turns out, it's not.  But what it's set up as is "mpc" for
>> >> "milliparsecs" and "Mpc" for "Megaparsecs."  We'd like to get rid of
>> >> any usage of milliparsecs, since I think the number of people who want
>> >> to use that (globally) are probably between 0 and 0, and just make Mpc
>> >> and mpc the same thing.
>> >>
>> >> If anybody objects, write back.  Silence will be taken as tacit
>> agreement!
>> >>
>> >> -Matt
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