Re: [boost] Boost.units autoscaling doesn't seem to work with the measurement type.

Subject: Re: [boost] Boost.units autoscaling doesn't seem to work with the measurement type.
From: Paul A. Bristow (pbristow_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-04-27 09:28:35

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> From: boost-bounces_at_[hidden] [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Paul A.
> Bristow
> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 6:29 PM
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> Subject: [boost] Boost.units autoscaling doesn't seem to work with the measurement type.
> 
> I have previously used  Boost.Units and autoscaled using << engineering_prefix nicely, and this
works as
> expected for quantity of type double.
> 
> but it seems that code that I believe worked previously does not autoscale when using a
*user-defined
> type*, like the measurement example in kitchen_sink.cpp.
> 
> To confirm this, I have added after    //[kitchen_sink_snippet_8 in kitchen_sink.cpp at line 445
> 
> a measurement quantity where the length is long enough to trigger conversion to km, thus
> 
>     quantity<length,measurement<double> > biglen(measurement<double>(12345.0,123.0)*meters);
>     std::cout << "Biglen autoscaled "<< engineering_prefix << biglen << std::endl;
> 
> but I get a *unscaled* value :-(
> 
>    Biglen autoscaled 12345(+/-123) m
> 
> rather than the expected conversion to kilometers
> 
> 12.345(+/- 0.123) km

I have re-run this on an old machine using VS2008 and a pre-release version of autoprefix  dated
about Mar 2010 and 

If include I:\units_autoprefix as the source of units code

quantity<length,measurement<double> >     big_len(measurement<double>(123456.0,1234.0)*meters);
std::cout << engineering_prefix << big_len << std::endl;

outputs the desired autoscaled values

123.456(+/-1.234) km

Wishing to avoid where angels fear to tread, I have not tried to examine differences between the
versions ;-)

Please tell me if I can provide any more information.

Paul

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