Re: Another Idea for Ada 20XX

["Gautier Write-only-address" <gautier_niouzes@hotmail.com>]

>Especially for Space programs between US and Europe this would
>be a *huge* benefit.
>Just declare :
>
>type Inchs is Distance unit x Meters;
>
>and the compiler will do all unit conversions for you.
>
>And of course :
>type Temperature is basic concept with basic unit Kelvin;
>type Celsius is Temperature unit 1 Kelvin + 273.15;

Why not - but the more subtle you design the unit management,
the more subtle the mistakes will be...
The choice of *one* unit system should be made *before* any
programming, otherwise you don't get out of problems.
And in some applications (scientific programming) you can forget
these amusements about units, there are just too many variables.
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