Re: [boost] mcs::units informal review request

From: Steven Watanabe (steven_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-02-16 13:54:43

AMDG

Matthias Schabel <boost <at> schabel-family.org> writes:

> 
> >> std::cout << ((x + y) * user_selected_unit) << std::endl;
> 
> How is this different from/better than
> 
> std::cout << quantity<your_system::psi>(x+y) << std::endl;
> 
> or, if you prefer,
> 
> typedef quantity<your_system::psi>	psi;
> 
> std::cout << psi(x+y) << std::endl;
> 
> ??
> 

The unit is fixed at compile time that way.  In some
programs you may want the user to specify what units
he wants the result to be in.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe