Re: Name for converter of units/currency

From: Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 20:10:27 +0000
Subject: Re: Name for converter of units/currency
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On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 02:27:20PM -0500, Chuck Hagenbuch wrote: > > that was just the first example that popped into my head, and it's not the > > only instance where it would be useful. it's up to you guys. when i think > > of units it really doesnt matter what i am measureing-i usually normalize > > everything and make it dimensionless anyway. it just seems silly to me to > > stick all measurement forms into one class except monitary measurement. > > So, seperate it into Numbers/Currency.php for money, Numbers/Temperature.php > for temperature, Numbers/Volume.php for volumes, Numbers/Distance.php for > distances... That keeps the classnames a reasonable length, the classes a > reasonable size, and breaks things down pretty well. Agreed. That way, developers will only have to import the conversion routines they need, too. -- Jon Parise (jon@csh.rit.edu) . Rochester Inst. of Technology http://www.csh.rit.edu/~jon/ : Computer Science House Member

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