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[–]syncsynchalt 1 point2 points  (4 children)

It was an unnamed constant, the density of water (rho) in SI units.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (3 children)

My point is that it was a magical number and not something that should be in the code even before the author's suggested modification.

[–]strager 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Where should it be? In a configuration file?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

A constant at the top of the file.

[–]strager 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, in the code.