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docs: "UDLs vs Unit Constants" chapter extended
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@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ UDLs vs Unit Constants
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UDLs are helpful but they also have some disadvantages compared to Unit Constants:
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1. UDLs are only for compile-time known values and do not work for runtime variables
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- UDLs::
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using namespace units::physical::si::literals;
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@@ -130,10 +131,12 @@ UDLs are helpful but they also have some disadvantages compared to Unit Constant
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auto v1 = 120 * km / (2 * h);
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auto v2 = distance * km / (duration * h);
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Constants treat both cases in a unified way. It is also worth to notice that we work mostly with runtime variables
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and compile-time known values mostly appear only in physical constants and unit tests.
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Constants treat both cases in a unified way. It is also worth to notice that we work
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mostly with runtime variables and compile-time known values mostly appear only in physical
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constants and unit tests.
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2. UDLs cannot be disambiguated with a namespace name
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- UDLs::
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using namespace units::physical::si::literals;
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@@ -148,7 +151,9 @@ UDLs are helpful but they also have some disadvantages compared to Unit Constant
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auto d1 = 1. * si_cm; // si::length<si::centimetre>
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auto d2 = 1. * cgs_cm; // si::cgs::length<si::centimetre>
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3. Poor control over the representation types as UDLs return only ``std::int64_t`` or ``long double``
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3. Poor control over the representation types as UDLs return only ``std::int64_t`` or
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``long double``
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- UDLs::
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using namespace units::physical::si::literals;
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@@ -168,14 +173,24 @@ UDLs are helpful but they also have some disadvantages compared to Unit Constant
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auto d6 = 123ll * km; // si::length<si::kilometre, long long>
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4. UDLs are verbose to define and standardize
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- UDLs:
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- for each unit an integral and a floating-point UDL have to be defined
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- have to be provided for unnamed derived units (i.e. ``_q_km_per_h``)
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- Unit Constants:
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- one constant per unit
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- unnamed derived units constructed from base constants (i.e. ``km / h``)
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5. Typical UDL definition for quantities when compiled with a ``-Wsign-conversion``
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flag results in a compilation warning. This warning could be silenced with a
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``static_cast<std::int64_t>(value)`` in every UDL, but in a such case other safety
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and security issues could be silently introduced.
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Unit Constants, on the opposite, always use the exact representation type provided
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by the user so there is no chance for a truncating conversion on a quantity construction.
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The only issue we are aware of with Unit Constants is a potential problem of specifying
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a quantity in denominator::
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