Name of uncertainties: StdDevUncertainty vs. VarianceUncertainty vs. InverseVariance
See original GitHub issueThere is a bit of inconsistency between the names. The first (StdDevUncertainty
) is somewhat abbreviated and has the “Uncertainty” suffix, the second (VarianceUncertainty
) uses the full name and the suffix, while the last one (InverseVariance
) uses the full name without suffix.
Since they shouldn’t be “offically released” yet we still could make the names more consistent with StdDevUncertainty
(the already released one)? Maybe VarUncertainty
and IVarUncertainty
(or InvVarUncertainty
)?
Not sure if this is actually necessary, I just noticed and wanted to ask if someone else is bothered about the naming. 😅
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so we should provide the uncertainty (or should I say delta)?
C’mone, overwrite/clobber debate is so 2016. Moffat alpha/beta/gamma is all the rage now. 😉