Ok, than really use two units: rel_deg_C and abs_deg_C.   quantity_point(...).in(abs_deg_C) would be accepted quantity_point(...).in(rel_deg_C) would not   So no longer confusing.   Similar for all other usages: The one making sense works. The one not making sense is not accepted.     Why special-case temperature compared to other units? ============================================ temperatures are used very often as quantity point, the quantity point has a general physical meaning (as the reference is defined), and the reference point is != 0 (at least for °C and °F unlike K).   What about generic code? ==================== Generic code should be able to access quantity and quantity point in an identical (but possibly more verbose) way for all units, temperature and others   What about possible other units similar to temperature? ============================================ Perhaps the library should allow this same special-casing for user-defined units, too.     -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von:Mateusz Pusz <mateusz.pusz_at_[hidden]> Gesendet:Di 18.06.2024 16:56 Betreff:Re: [std-proposals] On the standardization of mp-units P3045R1 An:std-proposals_at_[hidden]; CC:Sebastian Wittmeier <wittmeier_at_[hidden]>; Unfortunately, this is not that easy. Let's see this example:    quantity_point temp(300. * K);   std::cout << temp.in <http://temp.in> (deg_C).quantity_from_zero() << " " << temp.in <http://temp.in> (deg_F).quantity_from_zero() << "\n";   This prints:  26.85 °C 80.33 °F  Using `rel_deg_C` and `rel_deg_F` would be confusing here.  Best  Mat wt., 18 cze 2024 o 16:49 Sebastian Wittmeier via Std-Proposals <std-proposals_at_[hidden] <mailto:std-proposals_at_[hidden]> > napisał(a): Then just change deg_C to rel_deg_C to prevent misuse so       23 * rel_deg_C   would work for a temperature difference and       quantity_point(28.0 * rel_deg_C)   would be needed for the absolute temperature of 301K. One can always later on define a nicer-looking shortcut for the second one.   -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von:Mateusz Pusz <mateusz.pusz_at_[hidden] <mailto:mateusz.pusz_at_[hidden]> > Gesendet:Di 18.06.2024 16:37 Betreff:Re: [std-proposals] On the standardization of mp-units P3045R1 An:std-proposals_at_[hidden] <mailto:std-proposals_at_[hidden]> ; CC:Sebastian Wittmeier <wittmeier_at_[hidden] <mailto:wittmeier_at_[hidden]> >; `deg_C` is just a symbol for the `si::degree_Celsius` unit. We could consider not providing Celsius and Fahrenheit units at all, but this would make many users unhappy. Degree Celsius is one of the official SI units (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_System_of_Units#Derived_units), and not providing support for it would be problematic.  The affine space abstraction is the best solution for the temperature problem according to our knowledge and experience: - when we state that today is 4 degree Celsius warmer than yesterday we mean the `quantity` - when we state that today temperature is 23 degree Celsius we mean the `quantity_point`  To prevent errors and to be consistent with maths, quantity_point does not multiply and divide with other units. We can only add or subtract an offset from it or subtract another point to get a quantity. Multiply syntax (e.g., 23 * deg_C) always results in a quantity and not a quantity_point.  For the sake of correctness, we could add a dirty hack to the generic framework that would disable the multiply syntax for temperatures only. With this, the user would always have to write something like this:    quantity_point temperature(quantity(28.0, deg_C)); // zeroth_degree_Celsius point origin provided by default here   quantity temperature_delta(3.0, deg_C);   But I am not sure if this would be better.  Best  Mat wt., 18 cze 2024 o 16:18 Sebastian Wittmeier via Std-Proposals <std-proposals_at_[hidden] <mailto:std-proposals_at_[hidden]> > napisał(a): Hi Mateusz,   how about the (in one of the messages by me today) suggested   rel_deg_C is a quantity   vs.   abs_deg_C is a quantity_point   ?   That would prevent bugs, which are easy to introduce for temperature by making that distinction explicit.     Or alternative spellings: deg_rel_C / deg_C_rel   -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von:Mateusz Pusz via Std-Proposals <std-proposals_at_[hidden] <mailto:std-proposals_at_[hidden]> > Gesendet:Di 18.06.2024 15:54 Betreff:Re: [std-proposals] On the standardization of mp-units P3045R1 An:std-proposals_at_[hidden] <mailto:std-proposals_at_[hidden]> ; CC:Mateusz Pusz <mateusz.pusz_at_[hidden] <mailto:mateusz.pusz_at_[hidden]> >; Chip Hogg <chogg_at_[hidden]>; Johel Ernesto Guerrero Peña <johelegp_at_[hidden] <mailto:johelegp_at_[hidden]> >; Anthony Williams <anthony_at_[hidden] <mailto:anthony_at_[hidden]> >; Hi,  Tiago, some time has passed since your last complaint about the same problem. We invited you to our internal meeting, listened to your concerns, and discussed how we can improve here. As you know, the answer was not found at the meeting. Additionally, you stated that you don't want to work to contribute to our proposal and repository and that you will come back with a better interface soon. More info can be found here: https://github.com/mpusz/mp-units/discussions/552. Did you manage to find a better solution to this problem? If so we are open to rediscuss your solution whenever you are ready.  For all other participants of this mailing list, here is a correct solution:  #include <mp-units/ostream.h> #include <mp-units/systems/si.h> #include <iostream> using namespace mp_units; inline constexpr struct atmospheric_pressure final : named_unit<"atm", mag<101'325> * si::pascal> {} atmospheric_pressure; int main() {   using namespace mp_units::si::unit_symbols;   quantity Volume = 1.0 * m3;   quantity_point Temperature(28.0 * deg_C);   quantity n_ = 0.04401 * kg / mol;   quantity R_boltzman = 8.314 * N * m / (K * mol);   quantity mass = 40.0 * kg;   quantity Pressure = R_boltzman * Temperature.in(K).quantity_from_zero() * mass / n_ / Volume;   std::cout << Pressure.in(Pa) << "(" << Pressure.in(atmospheric_pressure) << ")\n"; } https://godbolt.org/z/E8bf51hKG  Temperatures are tricky, and there is no good default here. People often mean either a point or a difference, depending on the context. In case anyone has an idea on how to improve, we are open to feedback.  Best  Mat wt., 18 cze 2024 o 15:30 Sebastian Wittmeier via Std-Proposals <std-proposals_at_[hidden] <mailto:std-proposals_at_[hidden]> > napisał(a): How about the following scales? Are they also an issue?      - Time (Calendar) relative to either anno domini or Unix time?  - Position Coordinate relative to Greenwich?  - Electric Potential relative to earth potential?  - pH, pKa, pKb scales relative to a neutrality of 7?  - Decibels, phon and sone relative to threshold of human hearing?  - Pressure (hydraulic or blood) relative to atmospheric pressure?  - Altitude relative to sea level?    -> For pressure and altitude there are lots of other scales, e.g. used in aviation  - Richter scale relative to detectable earthquakes?  - Beaufort relative to calm wind instead of zero wind?  - Borg physical exertion not starting at zero?   -- Std-Proposals mailing list Std-Proposals_at_[hidden] <mailto:Std-Proposals_at_[hidden]> https://lists.isocpp.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/std-proposals wt., 18 cze 2024 o 15:44 Tiago Freire via Std-Proposals <std-proposals_at_[hidden] <mailto:std-proposals_at_[hidden]> > napisał(a): I understand what the problem is, that is why I’m bringing it forward. My concerned is that I haven’t written any code that anyone wouldn’t have written and got the wrong answer.   > An absolute value in the paper is a quantity_point, a possibly relative value is a quantity.   Which is a perspective, not convinced that it is the right thing. But That also poses the question, volume is also an absolute value, so is the mass, pressure, etc..   Which means that the right way to write it would be this: ``` quantity_point Volume {1.0 * m*m*m}; quantity_point Temperature {si::ice_point + 28.0 * deg_C}; quantity_point n_{0.04401 * kg / mol}; quantity R_boltzman = 8.314 * N * m / (K * mol); quantity_point mass {40.0 * kg}; quantity_point P = R_boltzman * Temperature * mass / n_ / Volume; std::cout << Pressure << std::endl; ```   But this doesn’t compile because quantity_point can’t math. In order to get it to compile you would have to do this instead: ``` quantity_point Pressure = quantity_point{0.0*Pa} + R_boltzman * (Temperature - mp_units::si::absolute_zero) * (mass - quantity_point{0.0*kg}) / (n_ - quantity_point{0.0*kg / mol}) / (Volume - quantity_point{0.0* m*m*m}); ``` Which doesn’t even module the problem properly because the values in PV=nRT are supposed to be absolute values, not deltas.   Hence it raises the question, doing what it seems obvious is the wrong thing (thus questionably safe), and doing the right thing is kind of hard (thus questionably user-friendly). But that what is expected as the correct way to use it.     From: Std-Proposals <std-proposals-bounces_at_[hidden] <mailto:std-proposals-bounces_at_[hidden]> > On Behalf Of Sebastian Wittmeier via Std-Proposals Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2024 15:03 To: std-proposals_at_[hidden] <mailto:std-proposals_at_[hidden]> Cc: Sebastian Wittmeier <wittmeier_at_[hidden] <mailto:wittmeier_at_[hidden]> > Subject: Re: [std-proposals] On the standardization of mp-units P3045R1   You are specifically talking about   https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2024/p3045r1.html#potential-surprises-while-working-with-temperatures     Discussing the difficulty, when to use a difference in temperature or an absolute temperature.   An absolute value in the paper is a quantity_point, a possibly relative value is a quantity.     If I understand correctly, in the current paper to initialize and use absolute temperatures   quantity_point qp2 = (isq::Celsius_temperature(28.0 * deg_C)).in(K) and qp2.quantity_from_zero()     would have to be used instead of   quantity Temperature = (28.0 * deg_C).in(K);   The paper also says   "We have added the Celsius temperature quantity type for completeness and to gain more experience with it. Still, maybe a good decision would be to skip it in the standardization process not to confuse users."           -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Sebastian Wittmeier <wittmeier_at_[hidden] <mailto:wittmeier_at_[hidden]> > Gesendet: Di 18.06.2024 14:42 Betreff: AW: [std-proposals] On the standardization of mp-units P3045R1 An: std-proposals_at_[hidden] <mailto:std-proposals_at_[hidden]> ; Hi Tiago, where does this difference of 11x come from? The temperature with 28°C vs. 301K?   -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Tiago Freire via Std-Proposals <std-proposals_at_[hidden] <mailto:std-proposals_at_[hidden]> > Gesendet: Di 18.06.2024 14:28 Betreff: [std-proposals] On the standardization of mp-units P3045R1 An: std-proposals_at_[hidden] <mailto:std-proposals_at_[hidden]> ; CC: Tiago Freire <tmiguelf_at_[hidden] <mailto:tmiguelf_at_[hidden]> >; Hi, I will be participating in St. Louis. And one of the papers that interested me was P3045R1, unfortunately I may or may not be on time to participate in this particular session.   There’s this question that I would like an answer too, and I wonder if there is anyone who will be attending St. Louis who would be willing to make this question on my behalf:       A lab worker puts in 40Kg of dry ice into a 1 cubic meter pressure tank rated for 10atm, they then vacuum the tank and seal it. As the CO2 warms up to room temperature (which at a specific date was 28°C) it evaporates, and eventually following the ideal gas law: PV=nRT   Is this setup dangerous?   Using mp-units (with the exact same design as the one being proposed for standardization) to solve this problem:   ``` quantity Volume = 1.0 * m*m*m; quantity Temperature = (28.0 * deg_C).in(K); quantity n_ = 0.04401 * kg / mol; quantity R_boltzman = 8.314 * N * m / (K * mol); quantity mass = 40.0 * kg; quantity Pressure = R_boltzman * Temperature * mass / n_ / Volume; std::cout << Pressure << std::endl; ```   We get the following result: `211581 N/m2` (=211.581kPa = 2,09 atm) But the correct answer is actually: 2275.629kPa = 22.5 atm (11 time s higher than what mp-units calculated)   How is this considered a design feature and not a bug? 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