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Simon Wright wrote:
> 
[snip]
> which is pretty icky. Perhaps derived or even private types would be
> interesting. Perhaps just conversion functions, inline if you like?
> 
>   function To_Kelvins (Temperature_In_Celsius : Float) return Float;

I was hinting at this in point 3 :-)

I have been looking at the units/conversions packages provided by 'whitaker'
(can't remember where I downloaded them from). They look
promising and if they prove efficient could be a _very_ handy
"standard" library.