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

From: Michael Fawcett (michael.fawcett_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-03-30 12:02:09

On 3/30/07, Paul A Bristow <pbristow_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> Surely it should be US::survey::feet ;-))
> which I feel is a sort of reductio ad absurdum argument
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_absurdum
> for keeping everything singular?

:)

I'm kind of ambivalent to the singular/plural/spelling issues.

The main thing I object to is breaking apart a unit name.  Maybe a
better example would be tower pound.  IMHO that should not be
tower::pound (it should be English::tower_pound), so nor should
nautical miles be nautical::miles.  Maybe
SI::accepted::nautical_miles, or just SI::nautical_miles?

--Michael Fawcett