Basically: julia> using Unitful julia> x = 1.0u"nm" 1.0 nm julia> zero(typeof(x)) 0.0 nm julia> one(typeof(x)) 1.0 julia> Why one(typeof(x)) is not 1.0 nm? And which is the alternative to using one for unit propagation if one has to do something like julia> f(x::T) = x + one(T)/2 f (generic f…

julia> oneunit(typeof(x)) 1.0 nm one is defined as the multiplicative identity which wouldn’t be true if it was unitful.

Unitful one(T) = 1.0 (without units). What is the alternative?

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