From: Fraser <newsfraser@blancolioni.org>
Subject: Re: Safe Units Handling in Ada
Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 11:28:49 +0200
Date: 2002-05-23T09:29:52+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3CECB651.3010209@blancolioni.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 01HW.B91197820000C3D90E449050@netnews.netaxs.com
William C. Brennan wrote:
> Wouldn't it be also useful to define the operator:
>
> function "/"
> (Left : Kilogram;
> Right : Kilogram)
> return Float_Type;
>
> (where Float_Type is used throughout as a unitless scalar)?
Good idea. Even better, a one liner. It's added, and if you don't want
to wait, you can add in the procedure Write_Unit after line 83 of the
file macks-writers.adb in version 0.0.2 the following line:
Write_Function (Macks.Table.Divide, Name, Name, "Float_Type");
cheers,
Fraser.
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Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-05-21 10:01 Safe Units Handling in Ada Fraser Wilson
2002-05-21 14:21 ` Pat Rogers
2002-05-21 15:58 ` Stephen Leake
2002-05-22 8:32 ` Fraser
2002-05-22 10:21 ` Fraser
2002-05-22 16:37 ` Stephen Leake
2002-05-23 10:16 ` Fraser
2002-05-23 16:03 ` Stephen Leake
2002-05-22 22:44 ` William C. Brennan
2002-05-23 8:55 ` Russ
2002-05-23 9:28 ` Fraser [this message]
2002-05-23 10:03 ` martin.m.dowie
2002-05-23 10:24 ` Fraser
2002-05-23 11:03 ` martin.m.dowie
2002-05-23 15:57 ` Dan Andreatta
2002-05-23 16:15 ` Fraser Wilson
2002-05-23 16:48 ` martin.m.dowie
2002-05-23 9:04 ` Russ
2002-05-23 10:01 ` Fraser Wilson
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