Re: [Boost-users] [Units] another system problems

From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-05-15 14:07:07

AMDG

Patricia Hawley wrote:
> Hi,
> I used a previous version of the Units library to sketch out a fps 
> system (foot-pound-second) that paralleled the cgs system, and the 
> code compiled and ran fine. I am now returning to this effort, and I 
> want to wrap it into a coordinate transform package, but I can no 
> longer get the code to compile. I am using the latest code from the 
> Boost sandbox, and MS Visual Studio with WinXP. The problem appears to 
> be in the conversions, but I don't see what is missing when compared 
> to cgs.
>
>       typedef unit<length_dimension, SI::system > my_unit;
>       typedef quantity< my_unit, ofs::Real64 >  linear_measure;
>       linear_measure dummy(200.0*CGS::centimeter);   // implicit 
> conversion from SI::meter to CGS::centimeter
>       linear_measure dummy2(200.0*FPS::foot);
>
> The first three lines work fine, but the last one generates 10 errors 
> with my compiler (MSVC 8.0). The first error is

Can you post the definitions of FPS::foot, FPS::system &c.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe