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pants2yesterday at 6:58 AM1 replyview on HN

Is a "count" not a valid unit?


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orangesilkyesterday at 7:13 AM

"count" is an incomplete type, the same as "array" is an incomplete type. "count of fruit" would be a complete type, compare to "Array of int64".

SI leaves this underspecified, which causes confusion with dimensionless units.

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