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Re: dimensionality

Tom,

>Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 19:41:30 CDT 
>From: Tom Whittaker <tomw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Steve Emmerson)
>Subject: Re: dimensionality 

In the above message, you wrote:

> Am I the only one who thinks this is a very useful addition?  I wonder
> if this has come up in any discussions about udunits?

Support for dimensional analysis has never arisen in the context of 
UDUNITS.

Right now, however, that unit package (and also visad.Unit) supports unit
arithmetic, i.e. it correctly handles multiplication, division, and
exponentiation of units.

Wast there something more you had in mind?

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Steve Emmerson   <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu>