From: Avi Bryant <avi@...4.com>
Date: 2001-07-08T16:41:34+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:17485] Re: %

On Sun, 8 Jul 2001, Aleksei Guzev wrote:

> And what about types for meters, miles, feets etc. Automatic convertion
> while assignment whould be useful. But language should support constants
> of that type. Maybe use letters after digits: 10mm, 15cm, 5,8miles,
> 4.45kg, 35%.

class Numeric
	def mm
		Millimeters.new(self)
	end
	def cm
		Centimeters.new(self)
	end
	...
end

10.mm
15.cm
5.8.miles
...


Good enough?