On Mon, Apr 04, 2022 at 04:44:58PM -0700, Ethan Furman wrote: > Beyond that, do we make Python smart enough to, for example, convert > `km*km` to `km^2`, or do we let libraries provide their own functions? I'm > inclined to let libraries provide their own, as they could also implement > unit conversions as desired.
There already are libraries for units in Python: https://pypi.org/project/units/ https://pypi.org/project/quantities/ https://pypi.org/project/Unum/ https://pypi.org/project/Pint/ It would be kind of nice if there was a little less wild conjecture about units and more consideration of the state of the art :-) (This is not aimed specifically at you Ethan, just a general observation of the discussion in this thread.) -- Steve _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/PBLOQTDPPEUCN5JDLAFH3IMFJ3WH2WXH/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
