Use µ instead of u #4
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Prior to this commit, return types were `str` and the character `u` was used to denote the SI unit prefix for *"micro"*. However, as discussed in issue #4, the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures specifies that the character `Â` (i.e., `u'\N{MICRO SIGN}'`, `'\x0b5'`) **MUST** be used to denote the SI unit prefix for *"micro"*. See [this report][1] for details. In this commit: - Define SI prefix units as unicode strings. - Specify SI unit portion of regular expressions as unicode. - Change return types to unicode strings. Fixes issue #4. [1]: https://www.bipm.org/utils/common/pdf/si_brochure_8_en.pdf
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@Papagaai35 thanks for submitting this issue! This issue is fixed by 89ccc0e (i.e., v1.0), which is now available on PyPi and the Note that the major version has been updated since switching to unicode strings (to support the µ character) is an API-breaking change and may break code expecting a |
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According to the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures, the symbol for micro is µ (not u).
See https://www.bipm.org/utils/common/pdf/si_brochure_8_en.pdf
Could we build in a option to use µ instead of u, or make it standard?
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