Re: [PATCH 3/7] [RFC] Battery monitoring class

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> > I'll convert mXh to uXh a bit later, if there will no further objections
> > against uXh. Also I'd like to hear if there any objections on
> > mA/mV -> uA/uV conversion. I think we'd better keep all units at the
> > same order/precision.
> 
> Okay, would it make sense to use "long" instead of "int" after "milli" to
> "micro" conversion? On 32 bit machines int gives +-2147483648 limit. So
> 2147 volts/amperes/...

long == int on 32bit machines.

> Though 2147 amperes is unrealistic for batteries, but if used in
> calculations it could be dangerous.

Let the one doing calculations handle that ;-).
								Pavel

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