Re: [Boost-users] [Units] implicit conversion of quantities

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [Units] implicit conversion of quantities
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-03-03 16:15:28

AMDG

Christopher Bruns wrote:
> Kudos on the excellent implementation of the Boost.Units library.  I
> am also very grateful for the extremely timely help I have got in the
> past from the principal authors Matthias Schabel and Steven Watanabe.
>
> Is there any way to force implicit conversion of Angstrom quantities
> to nanometer quantities in assignment and method calls using
> Boost.Units?  I would appreciate any suggestions on how to get the
> final three method calls in the attached program to compile.
>   

It can be done, but I don't advise it.

> I suppose I could overload the showBondLength() method in this example
> to take both types.  I think I would prefer implicit conversion, if
> that is possible.
>   

In this particular case, I would suggest writing the function as a template
and casting.  In general you can write a forwarding overload that casts as
appropriate.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe