On 23.03.2006, at 22:48, Ben Finney wrote:
> "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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>> A Python class was designed to represent physical scalars and to
>> eliminate errors involving implied physical units (e.g., confusing
>> angular degrees and radians).
>
> This sounds like a useful abstraction; I'm not sure if there are
> established ways to do this, but I'd like to see something like this
> in PyPI.
Maybe not "established", but there are at least two packages with
similar functionality that have been around for a while:
ScientificPython (module Scientific.Physics.PhysicalQuantities):
http://dirac.cnrs-orleans.fr/ScientificPython/
Unum
http://sourceforge.net/projects/unum/
Konrad.
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