[boost] Re: Quantity Library

From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-04-19 10:52:54

Fellow Boosters,

I have been following somewhat the discussion on the quantity library
for some time.   This is something that I have always been interested
in.  Given its regular appearance on this list and the number
of existing packages I would conclude that its interesting to alot
of others as well.

Does there exist or is someone interest in creating a small
survey on the existing quantity/units libraries available.  Ideally
I would like to see something like:

a) Short definition of the purpose of a quantity/units library

b) perhaps a clarification of terminology.  To me the words
quantity library and units library conjur up different though
related things.  I envision quanties as being types while
units being a way to render those types.  I suspect there
is lots of confusion on this in some packages.

b) List of features that such a library might have
i)..
ii)..

c) list of known libraries

d) for each known library, which combination of the above
features the library implements.

Robert Ramey