Re: [SMW-devel] Temperature data type--support for Rankine degrees

[Markus <ma...@ai...>]

On Montag, 14. Januar 2008, Temlakos wrote:
> I don't know exactly how to generate a patch, but back at SMW-1.0-RC2, I
> added support for Rankine degrees to the Temperature data type. A
> Rankine degree is an absolute degree, like the kelvin, but it has the
> same size as a Fahrenheit degree instead of that of a Celsius degree or
> a kelvin. The conversion from Rankines to Kelvins is a linear one: one
> Kelvin is 1.8 Rankine degrees.
>
> In the absence of a patch, I'm sending the entire Temperature data-type
> file, reflecting my Rankine support and all the latest additions as of
> the SMW-1.0 stable release.

OK, I have integrated your conde into SVN. I am surprised that Rankine is=20
still in use. I hope that none of the remaining temperature scales is=20
relevant in practice, since otherwise the conversion tooltip would get too=
=20
long ;-)

Markus

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