Description
As part of the diagnostic name implementation in #695, @climbfuji noted that it might be good to have a length limit for standard names (length limit for diagnostic names is 256 due to NetCDF limitations).
Proposed length limit: 256 (though there are arguments for a smaller limit).
Once this is implemented, the code in var_props.py to trim the standard name to 256 characters can be removed.
Description
As part of the diagnostic name implementation in #695, @climbfuji noted that it might be good to have a length limit for standard names (length limit for diagnostic names is 256 due to NetCDF limitations).
Proposed length limit: 256 (though there are arguments for a smaller limit).
Once this is implemented, the code in var_props.py to trim the standard name to 256 characters can be removed.