Re: [boost] Interest in dimension/unit-checking library?

From: Andy Little (andy_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-10-11 18:08:44

"Matt Calabrese" <rivorus_at_[hidden]> wrote

> I have not yet set up output, though have it planned extensively. The way I
> plan on output working for unit types is, initially, when complex derived
> unit types are formed through operations, their output name is going to be
> described using all base classifications connected by operations I.E. if you
> did 2meters * 5kilograms / 5seconds^2 the name of the unit when output would
> be "5 ( meters * kilograms seconds^-2 )".

You might want to look at  http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/

cheers
Andy Little