Oh, I understand the internal vs external aspects. Personally, past the first setup long ago, I've never had an issue considering there is a handy example of both. It's language, language is not simple.
How many feet did it fall? It took a 50 foot fall. I'm happy with things they way they are. It's a one time thing. Reading is fundamental as the PSA used to say. On Saturday, April 1, 2023 at 8:26:20 AM UTC-4 Tom Keffer wrote: > Internally, weewx traffics in ValueTuples, which is a value along with a > measurement unit. SI Units are things like "second", "meter", "kilogram," > etc. not "seconds", "meters", and "kilograms". See NIST > <https://www.nist.gov/pml/owm/metric-si/si-units>. So, internally, that's > what we want. > > Now when we talk with humans, we may want to use plurality if there is > likely to be more than one, but that requires a mapping to and from the > singular value used internally. WeeWX already has some software that does > the transition from internal (SI) units to language, so I suppose we could > write something to go the other way. > > It all seems unnecessarily complicated, but if someone wants to write a > PR, I'm willing to take a look. > > -tk > > > On Sat, Apr 1, 2023 at 4:51 AM G Hammer <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If I'm asking someone which system they use, I have never asked foot or >> meter. It's always do you prefer feet or meters. >> >> On Monday, March 27, 2023 at 10:15:37 PM UTC-4 Peter Fletcher wrote: >> >>> I was certainly really thinking about the underlying code rather than >>> the installation script. When specifying units of measurement, I think that >>> using the singular form (foot or meter) is the quirky approach! >>> >>> On Monday, March 27, 2023 at 9:46:06 PM UTC-4 Graham Eddy wrote: >>> >>>> i agree that this is what is being asked for, which is some kind of >>>> free-format description of altitude in local quirky dialect (i exaggerate >>>> for effect). >>>> i think what is presently provided is the correct approach i.e. >>>> unequivocal in a supported weewx unit system >>>> *⊣GE⊢* >>>> >>>> On 28 Mar 2023, at 12:36 pm, Vince Skahan <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> I think they're asking that the underlying code use plural for altitude >>>> because it is unlike the altitude would ever be 1 foot/meter regardless of >>>> whether it's a pip/apt/yum installation. (it's always 0 or 2 or 123 >>>> feet/meters etc.) >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "weewx-development" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-development/3b39341b-6d61-4339-b8f7-d9e6072273c4n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-development/3b39341b-6d61-4339-b8f7-d9e6072273c4n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-development" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-development/ce0421f3-2ffa-42ac-b8f8-bc116c62ad5dn%40googlegroups.com.
