9 Oct
2005
9 Oct
'05
10:35 p.m.
On Sun, 9 Oct 2005 15:17:27 -0700, Geoffrey Romer wrote
Would there be any interest in a library for attaching units (physical or otherwise) to numeric variables, so that the type system could enforce dimension- and unit-consistency in all calculations, and convert semi-automatically between compatible units?
There is certainly interest. Andy Little has worked on this for quite some time: http://www.servocomm.freeserve.co.uk/Cpp/physical_quantity/index.html This is one of the items on the C++ standardization wishlist as well... Unfortunately last I know Andy has officially 'given up' on making a library. Maybe you and others can help change his mind or work with him to bring something forward ;-) Jeff