[Boost-users] Re: units library

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-12-23 12:42:49

Dan Dimerman wrote:
> Jeff Garland wrote:
>> On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 15:33:18 -0700, Chris Goller wrote
>> 
>>>I've been looking around for a unit conversion library.  I've seen 
>>>some on http://groups.yahoo.com/group/boost/files/ but am wondering 
>>>if any have been put into boost release yet.
>> 
>> 
>> Nope, none are in a boost release.  And I think that the most active author 
>> has recently abandoned his effort :-(  So I'm afraid you shouldn't expect 
>> anything soon.
>> 
>> Jeff
> Are you referring to something like this:
> 
> boost_1_32_0/libs/mpl/doc/tutorial/dimensional-analysis.html

Those examples actually don't deal with units at all, but dimensions.
You could add units as a layer on top of that library, but it would
still be a little bit rudimentary.  A full-fledged effort would inlude
support for fractional powers of dimensions, for example.

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