AMDGOn 12/19/2017 05:38 PM, Santiago Ospina via Boost-users wrote:I would like to know if there is an equivalent for giving a name and a symbol given a unit in boost::units (maybe scaled from another one).
I know the example of naming base units, however, it would imply I'd have to create a system and a conversion for every unit I want to implement.
I tried to write it directly from the scaled version, like this:
template<>
struct scale_minute<60, static_rational<1> >
{
static const long base = 60;
typedef Detail::static_rational<1> exponent;
typedef double value_type;
static value_type value() { return(60); }
static std::string name() { return("minute"); }
static std::string symbol() { return("m"); }
};
however, it is adding my scaled name plus my base name (say the base name is “s” which stands for seconds, then it would print “m” + "s”).
Any idea how to overcome with that?
try:#include <boost/units/base_units/metric/minute.hpp>using minutes = boost::units::metric::minute_base_unit::unit_type;You should be able to use the same method of specializingbase_unit_info.
Please notice minute was just a very dumb example to illustrate the idea.
Santiago