Re: Another Idea for Ada 20XX

[dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar)]

James Rogers <jimmaureenrogers@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:<3C0A5054.E74A82E7@worldnet.att.net>...
> I would like to have this notion of measurement units and > their relationships supported in a language.

James, if you are interested in proposing something here,
you need first to do some homework. This subject has been
*extensively* discussed in the past, including the analysis
and discussion of several different schemes for getting units analysis
of the kind you are proposing within the
current language.

I suggest you study these existing schemes first, to see
whether

a) they meet your requirements
b) if they do not, exactly why not

There have also been proposals for language extensions
that have been thoroughly discussed in the past, and you
should dig up these discussions.

I realize that there are many new players on CLA who don't
necesarily have the history here, but this is definitely an area where
it makes no sense to start another discussion
from scratch.