Make units work all the way or skip them!

[Albert.Geven]

Hi

A recent discussion on the forum "why not everybody uses units" explains this much better than I can.

http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Why-do-very-few-programmers-use-LabVIEW-unit-labels/m-p/1802644#M621...

But for faster readers, several bugs hinder the universal use of units in LabVIEW.

It is a wonderful system but should be completed in a way (at least the square function should be using it) but all the other remarks found in that thread like the identical look of the expression node and the unit, not working formula nodes etc. should at least be taken seriously.

I lik the system but for now it is hindered by too many bugs.

[GregSands]

Having units available is certainly very useful for some applications.  I once wrote a small app to solve for diffusion of oxygen in a complex geometry, and it was great to be able to check that all the units matched throughout the solution.  I've also been able to use polymorphic units fairly successfully, although the requirement for them has been surprisingly small.  I agree with Brian's suggestions for enhancements to units, and would like some nice formatting as well.

[PaulLotz]

Also, shared variables should support units.

[e3tech]

Mixed units in tables are supported, just use an array of clusters.  The problem is that such an array must be of a fixed width, or else you have to put a variable-width subtable as a subarray into a row cluster, which is sort of inconvenient to handle.