Re: [Python-Dev] Adding syntax for units of measure

2009-06-23 Thread skip
>> Has anyone added special syntax to allow writing numeric literals with >> physical units? So you can write 12m + 34cm, and would get 12.34m. ... Georg> normally you wouldn't add units to the language itself. ... Georg> For the interactive shell, using a wrapper that allow

Re: [Python-Dev] Adding syntax for units of measure

2009-06-23 Thread Georg Brandl
Tobias C. Rittweiler schrieb: > Hi! > > Has anyone added special syntax to allow writing numeric literals with > physical units? So you can write 12m + 34cm, and would get 12.34m. > > My question is how would you modify the BNF the most sensible way to > allow for this? The above example is simpl

Re: [Python-Dev] Adding syntax for units of measure

2009-06-23 Thread Christian Heimes
Tobias C. Rittweiler schrieb: > Hi! > > Has anyone added special syntax to allow writing numeric literals with > physical units? So you can write 12m + 34cm, and would get 12.34m. > > My question is how would you modify the BNF the most sensible way to > allow for this? The above example is simpl

Re: [Python-Dev] Adding syntax for units of measure

2009-06-23 Thread Terry Reedy
Tobias C. Rittweiler wrote: Has anyone added special syntax to allow writing numeric literals with physical units? So you can write 12m + 34cm, and would get 12.34m. Python-dev is for concrete discussion of development of the next versions. Questions and speculative discussion should generall