Re: [boost] Re: Dimensional Analysis Interest?

From: Jonathan de Halleux (dehalleux_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-10-13 09:07:28

Btw, I could not compile your code on vs7.0. I'll try on 7.1 later.

 >Units<double>::Dimensionless d1;
>double                       d2;
>
>How do people feel about implicit conversion to allow:
>
>d2 = my_acc / gravity;
>or
>d1 = 5.0;

Dimensionless is a good solution. Implicit conversion should be disallowed.

Jonathan de Halleux

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