The files in this package are © 2005-2009 Spencer Olson.

This package was split off from the olson-tools package to make it easier to integrate into other projects that do not need anything but the physical package.

For gnuplot and Octave, the data provides a set of numbers for each constant and unit in SI units. For c++, the data can also be used as a simple set of constants. Additionally, for c++ and python, there is a runtime library that forces proper units-matching for various mathematical operations. This runtime library does not represent a zero-overhead implementation like Boost.units, but is intended to be used as an input parser/calculator. In fact, one of the test programs in the examples directory functions somewhat as a replacement for the GNU units program.

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