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List:       python-announce-list
Subject:    ANN: Unum 4.0 released
From:       Pierre-et-Liliane.DENIS () village ! uunet ! be (Pierre Denis)
Date:       2004-03-28 20:46:15
Message-ID: mailman.1080535804.10699.clpa-moderators () python ! org
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Unum 4.0 is now available on http://home.tiscali.be/be052320/Unum.html.

This Python module allows you to work with units like volts, hours, meter-per-second \
or dollars-per-spam. So you can play with true quantities (called 'unums') instead of \
simple numbers. Consistency between units is checked at each expression evaluation; \
an exception is raised when something inconsistent is detected, like adding meters to \
seconds. Unit conversion and unit output formatting
are performed automatically when needed. The main goals are to avoid unit errors in \
your calculations and to make unit output formatting easy and uniform.

Unum is a 'pure' Python module. IMHO, it is stable, lightweight and easy to use. The \
site contains a comprehensive tutorial page.

This new version encompasses all the SI units and allows you to define your own \
libraries of units, with specific names and symbols. Other improvements make this \
version more solid and more in-line with latest Python versions: compatibility with \
NumPy, packages, misc. optimizations, true exceptions, new-style class, static \
methods, etc. The installation should be easier and more standard through
distutils-generated files. The site and tutorial page have been updated to give more \
accurate information.

This version requires Python 2.2 (at least).

The license is GPL.

Any comments are welcome (E-mail: Pierre.Denis@spacebel.be).

Thanks for your interest,

Pierre Denis


<P><A HREF="http://home.tiscali.be/be052320/Unum.html">Unum 4.0</A> - Unum is a \
Python module that allows to process quantities with units. (28-Mar-04)


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