On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 9:24 PM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: > If I try to add 30 feet to 6 metres and get either 36 feet or 36 metres, > then your unit system is *worse* than useless, it is actively harmful. I > don't mind if I get 15.144 metres or 49.685039 feet or even > 5.0514947e-08 lightseconds, but I better not get 36 of anything. >
To be fair, under the OP's proposal, you wouldn't get 36 *of anything* - you'd just get the bare number 36. So it's not worse than useless, just useless. ChrisA _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/