Should Unity Value be Displayed when Multiplied by a symunit?

The following results look peculiar IMO. Shouldn't a unit always be preceded by a value? I've never seen this convention before.

u = symunit;
mps = u.meter/u.sec;
x = 1*mps

x = 

x = reshape(1:4,2,2)*mps

x = 

[Walter Roberson]

Furthermore,

u = symunit;
C = u.Celsius;
F = u.Fahrenheit;
K = u.K;
x = [0*C, 0*F, 0*K]

x = 

[Paul]

That suggests that there is an actual multiplication involved (as opposed to carrying the value and the unit along separately in an underlying object), which can cause a problem, such as

u = symunit;
x = 2*u.ft

x = 

y = 2*u.m

y = 

z = simplify(x+y) % result is in meters

ans = 

y = 0*u.m;
z = simplify(x+y) % result is feet

ans = 

Of course the results are mathematically correct, but could cause problems programatically if the program uses z downstream, and z is expected to be in m, but now there's a special case of y that causes z to be in ft.

[Stephen23]

"Shouldn't a unit always be preceded by a value?"

Yes. If I measure one volt then I would write "1 V". Lets try:

u = symunit;
x = 1 * u.V

x = 

y = 0.5 * u.V

y = 

z = 2*y % !!!

z = 

The documentation does state "1 represents a dimensionless unit. Hence, isUnit(sym(1)) returns logical 1 (true)", but it is unclear to me if that has any bearing on the observed behavior.

[Paul]

The documentations also states under Limitations: "When using symbolic units, the value of 0 times a symbolic unit is returned as a dimensionless 0."

In my example

u = symunit;
x = 2*u.ft

x = 

y = 0*u.m;
z = simplify(x+y)

z = 

we can at least ensure the result is in m

z = unitConvert(z,u.m)

z = 

But, if a computation returns 0

syms v t d0 d1
d = (v*u.m/u.s)*(t*u.s)

d = 

eqn = d1 == subs(d,[v,t],[1,2]);
disp(eqn)

eqn = d0 == subs(d,[v,t],[0,2]);
disp(eqn)

0 is 0 in any units of position, but still looks odd to me in the context of when one would be using units. I suppose a workaround for publication could be

if isAlways(rhs(eqn)==0)
    displayFormula(string(lhs(eqn)) + "==" + string(rhs(eqn)) + "*u.m")
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