Here is the change:

https://bitbucket.org/ngoldbaum/yt/commits/2e6d536ffa1976e4699093c4bb3b3bc4ade3f9da

We'll definitely be leaving 'm' -> 'milli' alone.  FWIW, we already do this by mapping 'mpc' -> 'Mpc' in plot labels.

On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Britton Smith <brittonsmith@gmail.com> wrote:

Ok, then I will put my anal personality (which would never agree to such a thing) aside and say I'm cool with this.

On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 8:43 PM, Matthew Turk <matthewturk@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Britton,

This would be in the units refactor of yt-3.0, and would *only* apply
to parsecs.  This would be the exclusive special case of m[some unit]
meaning Mega.

-Matt

On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 3:41 PM, Britton Smith <brittonsmith@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Matt,
>
> Where exactly is this?  Is this in yt-3.0, and if so, would this apply to
> all uses of m as milli?  Is that is so, then my concern is for when yt
> becomes more used by other domains that actually do have a valid use for
> milli.
>
> Britton
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 8:24 PM, Matthew Turk <matthewturk@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Nathan and I are working on some unit things.  One that came up is
>> that it looked like the conversion to mpc was wrong.
>>
>> Turns out, it's not.  But what it's set up as is "mpc" for
>> "milliparsecs" and "Mpc" for "Megaparsecs."  We'd like to get rid of
>> any usage of milliparsecs, since I think the number of people who want
>> to use that (globally) are probably between 0 and 0, and just make Mpc
>> and mpc the same thing.
>>
>> If anybody objects, write back.  Silence will be taken as tacit agreement!
>>
>> -Matt
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