Re: [boost] Dimensional Analysis Interest? Units

From: Jonathan de Halleux (dehalleux_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-10-10 10:00:05

Nice document. What about adding runtime units verification like

unit<double>::acceleration u; // this is m^2
u.check_unit("m^2"); // returns true
u.check_unit("m"); // false

At 08:26 10/10/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>As Units go,
>
>I'd like to point to some of Gunther Schadow's work because I some of the 
>ideas have appeal to me.
>Particularly his paper "Unified Code for Units of Measure" found at
>
>         http://aurora.rg.iupui.edu/~schadow/units/UCUM/ucum.html
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