Re: [boost] [review] pqs

From: Andy Little (andy_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-06-08 07:36:01

"Andy Little" <andy_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
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>
> "Janek Kozicki" wrote
>> Personally I'd prefer the second option.
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------- 
>>> kg.m2_div_s2
>>>
>>> it would be much clearer.
>>
>> I've been wondering why not use * like this:
>>
>> kg*m^2*s^-2
>>
>> or this:
>>
>> kg*m^2/s^2
>>
>> Are * and / restricted, being ,,special'' characters?
>
> I must admit that both the ouput format and the quantity typedef names, I
> frankly havent done much work on, beyond getting something that works. I would
> welcome help from anyone regarding writing a specification in both areas.
>
> In the output area one think lacking is going beyond ASCII. It would be nice 
> to
> output Ohms as Ω rather than R for example. Any help with that would be
> appreciated too. I dont really know where to start with that.

BTW whatever appears locally  after " output Ohms as " is meant to be the 
electronic symbol for Ohms. I suspect that its not the case though!

regards
Andy Little