"Scott L. Burson" <sc...@ergy.com> writes: > Pascal J. Bourguignon wrote: >> >> On the other hand, with the dynamic typing mindset, you might even wrap >> your values (of whatever numerical type) in a symbolic expression >> mentionning the unit and perhaps other meta data, so that when the other >> module receives it, it may notice (dynamically) that two values are not >> of the same unit, but if compatible, it could (dynamically) convert into >> the expected unit. Mission saved! > > In fairness, you could do this statically too, and without the consing > required by the dynamic approach.
I don't deny it. My point is that it's a question of mindset. -- __Pascal Bourguignon__ http://www.informatimago.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
