[boost] pqs: Physical Quantities pqs_3_0_7 in the vault

From: Andy Little (andy_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-04-04 04:21:57

Hi,

The latest version of pqs , pqs_3_0_7 is now in the vault.

 For this version I spent some time in cleaning up, reorganising and extending
the documentation. I have added some information on creating ones own quantities
but its not complete yet.

The tests have been reorganised so that emphasis is now on testing the interface
and tests are more systematic and comprehensive too.

I have also added an implementation of angles(radians, steradians, degrees,
minutes,seconds etc) and added two sub namespaces of pqs; two_d and three_d,
where can be found various geometry entities, such as vectors and matrices, that
can be used directly with quantities. Unfortunately I havent had time to
document these or write significant tests yet. Some clues as to proposed useage
style for angles (which is based on the same style as for quantities) can be
seen in <libs/pqs/test/angle/ange_test1.cpp>

BTW. For anyone interested in the VC8_0 ADL bug, the vector class in 
<boost/pqs/three_d/vect.hpp> exhibits the behaviour too, but only when the 
value_type is a quantity (or any UDT???) IIRC. Because its a simpler class than 
the physical quantity that earlier showed the bug it might be easier to isolate 
it which I will try to do at some stage.

regards
Andy Little