From 7ce2bdfce71d2b2a07431d02db541f480d5017f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Olesen <Mark.Olesen@esi-group.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2019 09:32:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ENH: report the age of blockMesh 'convertToMeters' keyword

- was superseded by 'scale' in OCT-2008
---
 src/mesh/blockMesh/blockMesh/blockMeshTopology.C | 14 ++++++++------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/mesh/blockMesh/blockMesh/blockMeshTopology.C b/src/mesh/blockMesh/blockMesh/blockMeshTopology.C
index 7b16e659ba..e1e51a42e0 100644
--- a/src/mesh/blockMesh/blockMesh/blockMeshTopology.C
+++ b/src/mesh/blockMesh/blockMesh/blockMeshTopology.C
@@ -351,13 +351,15 @@ Foam::autoPtr<Foam::polyMesh> Foam::blockMesh::createTopology
         dictPtr->readIfPresent("type", defaultPatchType);
     }
 
-    // Optional 'convertToMeters' or 'scale' scaling factor
-    if (!meshDescription.readIfPresent("convertToMeters", scaleFactor_))
-    {
-        meshDescription.readIfPresent("scale", scaleFactor_);
-    }
+    // Optional 'scale' factor. Was 'convertToMeters' until OCT-2008
+    meshDescription.readIfPresentCompat
+    (
+        "scale",
+        {{"convertToMeters", 1012}},  // Mark as changed from 2010 onwards
+        scaleFactor_
+    );
 
-    // Require (scale > 0), treat (scale <= 0) as scaling == 1 (no scaling).
+    // Treat (scale <= 0) as scaling == 1 (no scaling).
     if (scaleFactor_ <= 0)
     {
         scaleFactor_ = 1.0;