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tmoran@acm.org writes:

> > template<typename RepType, int Mass, int Distance, int Time>
> > ...
>   The attempt below is is not as nice as "type Velocity is new Float
> dimension Distance/Time;" and it needs parenthesization, but it works in
> Ada 95.  Each new unit requires a "type unit is <real type>" and each
> legal pair needs two lines:  a generic instantiation and a "use".

You left out the "pragma Inline". We don't want code bloat from this :).

The error messages look fairly nice.

Next time I do a physics-based system, I think I'll try the
automatically generated Units package approach. Could be some time
next year, given my current schedule.

-- 
-- Stephe