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

From: Eric Lemings (lemings_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-03-28 15:19:04

> -----Original Message-----
> From: boost-bounces_at_[hidden] 
> [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Steven Watanabe
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 1:07 PM
> To: boost_at_[hidden]
> Subject: Re: [boost][Review] Quantitative Units library 
> review begins today March 26
> 
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> 
> As a matter of fact, such conversions
> work with Units since we don't do anything
> fancy like caching the total conversion factor.
> 
> template<>
> base_unit_converter<currency, yen, euro>
> {
...

Question.  Does this base_unit_converter class template imply that there
must be a template specicialization for every conversion between all
combinations of compatible units?  If so, I would have a serious issue
with that.

Eric.