====== Debate: Fluid API ======

===== Unit =====

==== Facts ====

  * Vanilla says:
    * There are three bottles to a bucket. (cauldron)
    * One fluid block is equal to one bucket. (...buckets)
  * The SME (Standardized Modding Environment) says:
    * There are one thousand millibuckets to a bucket. (Forge)
    * We'd like to be able to divide by 9*9=81, to cover nugget -> block liquid metals. (Tinkers' Construct fans)
    * We'd like our fluid to void as rarely as possible, preferably never.

==== Approaches ====

  * Choose a denominator! (Shouldn't be too small, or too large.)
    * The Metric Option: 1000.
    * The Silk Option: 1620.
    * Millibottles: 3000 mb = 1000 mB = 3 bottles = 1 bucket.
    * Others: 900, 1800, 3600 (getting a bit high...)
  * <del>Use BigDecimals!</del> wait no that's still pretty metric
  * Use rational numbers!

===== API =====

==== Prior art =====

  * [[https://github.com/Prospector/Silk/tree/master/src/main/java/io/github/prospector/silk/fluid|Silk's fluid API]] by Prospector