Re: [boost] [units] Crazy idea/question

From: Matthias Schabel (boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-02-16 14:25:33

>>
>> imperial::feet->SI::meters
>> CGS::centimeters->SI::meters
>>
>> to get the conversion factor...this is unambiguous in all cases,  
>> AFAICS.
>
> I didn't mean that it shouldn't be valid.  I meant
> that both should be allowed.  Otherwise, conversions
> are not necessarily reversible.

Right - I believe it is unambiguous in both directions since there
has to be a one-to-one mapping of source and destination dimensions...
I just misunderstood what you were saying.

Matthias

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