Standardizing capitalization for volume (i.e. uL vs ul)

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Following up on Notification: Hamilton TipRack Naming Updated. I just started doing the switch over to the new tip naming and ran in to a capitalization issue. I can’t find if this was discussed before.

When I try importing hamilton_96_tiprack_300ul_filter, I get an import error because it is actually hamilton_96_tiprack_300uL_filter (capital L). :face_exhaling: Not that big a deal, quick fix!

But there is some inconsistency. Some resources (plates, tips) in PLR have the volume signifier with a capital L and some with lowercase l.

What are folks’ preferences? Part of me wants the capital L for scientific accuracy but the lower case "l" makes more sense for coding standards.

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I have a weak preference for uL rather than ul. It might be a little more annoying to write, but it does make scientific sense.

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yes uL is what we will use. it is not annoying to write since everyone copy pastes or uses autocomplete/copilot etc. the typing days are over

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thanks @harley for flagging

fixed with commit uL in tip racks deprecation warning · PyLabRobot/pylabrobot@e3eac5c · GitHub

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