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

From: Eric Lemings (lemings_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-03-28 14:18:58

> -----Original Message-----
> From: boost-bounces_at_[hidden] 
> [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Steven Watanabe
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 12:03 PM
> To: boost_at_[hidden]
> Subject: Re: [boost][Review] Quantitative Units library 
> review begins today March 26
> 
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> How would you do it?  Using some special set
> of units has problems with extensibility.
> Suppose someone tried to add currency and used
> US dollars as the base and at the same time
> someone else used euros as the base.

Speaking of currency however, that is another completely different
problem as conversions between units of currency are dynamic rather
than fixed like all units of physical measurement.  Conversions for
such units can only be done at runtime.

Eric.