/* Copyright (c) 2003-2019 Andy Little. This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses./ */ #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include namespace { void simple_quantities() { using namespace units::isq; using namespace units::isq::si::references; using namespace units::isq::si::international::references; using distance = si::length; using duration = si::time; constexpr distance kilometers = 1.0 * km; constexpr distance miles = 1.0 * mi; constexpr duration seconds = 1 * s; constexpr duration minutes = 1 * min; constexpr duration hours = 1 * h; std::cout << "A physical quantities library can choose the simple\n"; std::cout << "option to provide output using a single type for each base unit:\n\n"; std::cout << kilometers << '\n'; std::cout << miles << '\n'; std::cout << seconds << '\n'; std::cout << minutes << '\n'; std::cout << hours << "\n\n"; } void quantities_with_typed_units() { using namespace units::isq; using namespace units::isq::si::references; using namespace units::isq::si::international::references; constexpr auto kilometers = 1.0 * km; constexpr auto miles = 1.0 * mi; std::cout.precision(6); constexpr auto seconds = 1 * s; constexpr auto minutes = 1 * min; constexpr auto hours = 1 * h; std::cout << "A more flexible option is to provide separate types for each unit,\n\n"; std::cout << kilometers << '\n'; std::cout << miles << '\n'; std::cout << seconds << '\n'; std::cout << minutes << '\n'; std::cout << hours << "\n\n"; constexpr auto meter = 1 * m; std::cout << "then a wide range of pre-defined units can be defined and converted,\n" " for consistency and repeatability across applications:\n\n"; std::cout << meter << '\n'; std::cout << " = " << quantity_cast(meter) << '\n'; std::cout << " = " << quantity_cast(meter) << '\n'; std::cout << " = " << quantity_cast(meter) << '\n'; std::cout << " = " << quantity_cast(meter) << '\n'; std::cout << " = " << quantity_cast(meter) << '\n'; std::cout << " = " << quantity_cast(meter) << '\n'; std::cout << " = " << quantity_cast(meter) << '\n'; std::cout << " = " << quantity_cast(meter) << '\n'; std::cout << " = " << quantity_cast(meter) << '\n'; std::cout << " = " << quantity_cast(meter) << '\n'; std::cout << " = " << quantity_cast(meter) << '\n'; std::cout << " = " << quantity_cast(meter) << '\n'; std::cout << " = " << quantity_cast(meter) << '\n'; std::cout << " = " << quantity_cast(meter) << '\n'; std::cout << " = " << quantity_cast(meter) << '\n'; std::cout << " = " << quantity_cast(meter) << '\n'; std::cout << " = " << quantity_cast(meter) << '\n'; std::cout << " = " << quantity_cast(meter) << '\n'; } void calcs_comparison() { using namespace units::isq; using namespace units::isq::si::references; std::cout << "\nA distinct unit for each type is efficient and accurate\n" "when adding two values of the same very big\n" "or very small type:\n\n"; const auto L1A = 2.f * fm; const auto L2A = 3.f * fm; const Length auto LrA = L1A + L2A; fmt::print("{:%.30Q %q}\n + {:%.30Q %q}\n = {:%.30Q %q}\n\n", L1A, L2A, LrA); std::cout << "The single unit method must convert large\n" "or small values in other units to the base unit.\n" "This is both inefficient and inaccurate\n\n"; const auto L1B = quantity_cast(L1A); const auto L2B = quantity_cast(L2A); const Length auto LrB = L1B + L2B; fmt::print("{:%.30Q %q}\n + {:%.30Q %q}\n = {:%.30Q %q}\n\n", L1B, L2B, LrB); std::cout << "In multiplication and division:\n\n"; const Area auto ArA = L1A * L2A; fmt::print("{:%.30Q %q}\n * {:%.30Q %q}\n = {:%.30Q %q}\n\n", L1A, L2A, ArA); std::cout << "similar problems arise\n\n"; const Area auto ArB = L1B * L2B; fmt::print("{:%.30Q %q}\n * {:%.30Q %q}\n = {:%.30Q %q}\n\n", L1B, L2B, ArB); } } // namespace int main() { std::cout << "This demo was originally posted on com.lang.c++.moderated in 2006\n"; std::cout << "http://compgroups.net/comp.lang.c++.moderated/dimensional-analysis-units/51712\n"; std::cout << "Here converted to use mp-units library.\n\n"; simple_quantities(); quantities_with_typed_units(); calcs_comparison(); }