bugsmith@programming.dev to Programming@programming.dev · 1 year agoIntroducing Numbat: A programming language with physical units as typesnumbat.devexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1163arrow-down17cross-posted to: programming_languages@programming.devhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.foo
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minus-squareStarfighter@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoI can’t talk about the other libraries but the uom crate does the same thing. The dimensions are encoded as a vector of generics, allowing you to get the correct unit even when dividing a distance by time for example. It’s quite the clever use of Rusts type system.
I can’t talk about the other libraries but the uom crate does the same thing.
The dimensions are encoded as a vector of generics, allowing you to get the correct unit even when dividing a distance by time for example.
It’s quite the clever use of Rusts type system.