Re: [boost] arithmetic type wrapper and physical constants

From: David Abrahams (abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-04-24 20:41:09

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From: "Paul A. Bristow" <pbristow_at_[hidden]>

> I have concluded that we MUST have a way of storing with the units
> the uncertainties (for the measurement-minded)
> (or intervals to the mathematically-minded).

Whoa, don't make the problem so complicated that we can't solve it!
Accurate scalar constants are useful even without these
uncertainties/intervals.
Let's attack the constants problem first. If and when we have an interval
math library, we can add new template specializations.