> That is, you can specify meters as the uom, and then you can add px to a 
> measure
> to specify it's meant to be pixels. However the override is available only 
> for pixels,
> which is a bit weird.
> 
> How about we implement this override support to be SE 1.1 compliant in this 
> respect, 
> but allow people to also add m and ft to override the unit to be meters and 
> feet respectively?

Agreed, obey the standard, but do not be held back by the standard.

> Some properties would be rather "fun", think of dasharray, it could end up 
> looking like:
> 2m 3px 10ft 1m

That looks suitably awkward.

> The possible alternatives could be to search the uom in the first or last 
> number, which
> would help in the common case where the dasharray is all expressed in one 
> unit:
> 2m 3 10 1
> or
> 2 3 10 1m
> 
> Opinions?

Sadly I think the first example is more consistent with the spirit of SE 1.1 
you quoted. The "2 3 10 1 m" allows you no ability to "fall back" to the 
symboliser default.

Jody


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