Re: [Boost-users] [units] How to assign "ft" to an si::length?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [units] How to assign "ft" to an si::length?
From: Terry Golubiewski (tjgolubi_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-05-19 21:26:20

Yep, that's it.  Sorry.
I thought they were equivalent.  Hmm.
Could you please point me to somewhere that explains the difference between 
implicit and explicit construction?

terry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matthias Schabel" <boost_at_[hidden]>
Newsgroups: gmane.comp.lib.boost.user
To: <boost-users_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 7:31 PM
Subject: Re: [units] How to assign "ft" to an si::length?

> Explicit construction works, but assignment (which is implicit) does 
> not...that's why Steven keeps recommending the explicit constructor - 
> XX(3.0*ft) - syntax.
>
> Matthias
>
>> Length x = 3.0 ft did not compile, see below...
>