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Clarify Unit API power units and add derived units #284

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@hongted

Currently the OpenSTA API supports querying a certain set of units including time, cap, voltage, power, etc...

// User interface units.
// Sta internal units are always seconds, farads, volts, amps.
class Units
{
public:
Units();
Unit *find(const char *unit_name);
void operator=(const Units &units);
Unit *timeUnit() { return &time_unit_; }
const Unit *timeUnit() const { return &time_unit_; }
Unit *capacitanceUnit() { return &capacitance_unit_; }
const Unit *capacitanceUnit() const { return &capacitance_unit_; }
Unit *voltageUnit() { return &voltage_unit_; }
const Unit *voltageUnit() const { return &voltage_unit_; }
Unit *resistanceUnit() { return &resistance_unit_; }
const Unit *resistanceUnit() const { return &resistance_unit_; }
Unit *currentUnit() { return &current_unit_; }
const Unit *currentUnit() const { return &current_unit_; }
Unit *powerUnit() { return &power_unit_; }
const Unit *powerUnit() const { return &power_unit_; }
Unit *distanceUnit() { return &distance_unit_; }
const Unit *distanceUnit() const { return &distance_unit_; }
Unit *scalarUnit() { return &scalar_unit_; }
const Unit *scalarUnit() const { return &scalar_unit_; }
private:
Unit time_unit_;
Unit resistance_unit_;
Unit capacitance_unit_;
Unit voltage_unit_;
Unit current_unit_;
Unit power_unit_;
Unit distance_unit_;
Unit scalar_unit_;
};

This issue is a API enhancement request to

  1. Rename the existing powerUnit() to leakagePowerUnit() for clarity
  2. Add additional Units for derived values such as dynamicPowerUnit() and energyUnit().

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