Subject: Re: [boost] [Units & Spirit] libraries
From: Hartmut Kaiser (hartmut.kaiser_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-06-07 19:46:09


> I am using the Units library for Dimensional Analysis. So far it is
> very useful. Up till now I am using it in a hard-coded/compile time way
> as in a test.cpp.
>
> My inteterst is in using Units as part of a larger run-time system so I
> need some way of making my code more flexible. Lambda library is an
> option here but I would also like to create units and quanties from
> string input as well as being able to parse these strings to units and
> then store the units in a database.
>
> Can I use Spirit (and Serialization) for these features? Maybe the
> functionality already exist, and I have not found it.

Sure Spirit is your friend for all parsing and output generation needs.
What did you have in mind?

Regards Hartmut