[boost] Re: physical-quantities (automatic conversions)

From: Dan W. (danw_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-01-09 22:07:05

David Abrahams wrote:
>>Exactly! I'd rather be forced to write a long expression one op at a
>>time, writing partial results to named variables, using explicit
>>conversions, each on a new line. It's more clear, and much easier to
>>debug.
> 
> I think Walter Landry might have some counterexamples to that
> assertion.
> http://www.oonumerics.org/tmpw01/landry2.pdf
> 
> Being forced to do things one way may be fine for your domain, but it
> could mean a critical loss of expressiveness for other domains.

Right; I was concentrating on the case of long-winded, asymmetrical, 
inhomogeneous, and intricate formulas;  involving non-repetitive, unique 
conversions. Linear algebra and the like, definitely look better along 2 
screen dimensions.