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## Why do we spell `metre` instead of `meter`?
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This is how ISO 80000 defines it (British English spelling by default).
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This is how the BIPM defines it in the [SI Brochure](../../appendix/references/#SIBrochure)
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(British English spelling by default).
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## Why don't we use UDLs to create quantities?
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## Why Unicode quantity symbols are used by default instead of ASCII-only characters?
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Both C++ and ISO 80000 are standardized by the ISO. ISO 80000 and the SI standards specify Unicode symbols
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as the official unit names for some quantities (i.e. `Ω` symbol for the resistance quantity).
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Both C++ and [ISO 80000](../../appendix/references/#ISO80000) are standardized by the ISO.
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[ISO 80000](../../appendix/references/#ISO80000) and the [SI](../../appendix/references/#SIBrochure)
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standards specify Unicode symbols as the official unit names for some quantities
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(i.e. `Ω` symbol for the resistance quantity).
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As **mp-units** library will be proposed for standardization as a part of the C++ Standard Library
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we have to obey the rules and be consistent with ISO specifications.
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