From: Preben Randhol <randhol+valid_for_reply_from_news@pvv.org>
Subject: Re: Macks - adding unit constants?
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 14:48:26 +0000 (UTC)
Date: 2003-10-20T14:48:26+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <slrnbp7tdq.in4.randhol+valid_for_reply_from_news@kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3F904FD6.7040301@crs4.it
On 2003-10-17, Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@crs4.it> wrote:
> It is very impractical to have to remember to write "0.000_86" and not
> "0.86", when you put constants in your code. I prefer to have to write
> "0.000_86 * m" (or "0.86 * mm") so there is an explicit conversion from
> nondimensional to dimensional units. Since this preference is rather
> strong, I have decided to use a hand-written units package for this project.
why not 8.6E-4 ?
Preben
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Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-10-09 7:57 Macks - adding unit constants? Jacob Sparre Andersen
2003-10-14 16:01 ` Stephen Leake
2003-10-17 20:23 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2003-10-20 14:48 ` Preben Randhol [this message]
2003-11-03 11:45 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2003-11-03 14:24 ` Preben Randhol
2003-10-20 19:06 ` Stephen Leake
2003-11-03 11:45 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
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2003-10-20 11:08 christoph.grein
2003-11-03 11:57 christoph.grein
2003-11-05 23:38 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2003-11-06 9:58 christoph.grein
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