Re: [boost] [Review] Quantitative Units library review begins today March 26

From: Matthias Schabel (boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-03-28 13:41:03

> Input is definitely beyond the scope of the library.  We have  
> implemented
> primitive output.... On further thought, we should probably just have
> an output operator for quantity that prints the value_type then the  
> unit and
> leave unit output alone.

Again, input and output are fully supported through  
Boost.Serialization - just not in a format designed for human  
consumption. I think we need to provide at least a rudimentary system  
for unit/quantity output for debugging purposes is nothing else.  
Steven suggested the possibility of boost::lexical_cast, which seems  
reasonable.

Matthias