Re: [WWdevel] spaces and units in answers

[Davide P.C. <dp...@un...>]

> I believe the current "parser" uses an initial space to separate the
> units from the number and thereafter there
> can be no spaces.  (The regex expression looks for the last non-
> trailing space.)

That's right (and this is what the old one did, too, if I remember 
correctly).

> I think Davide has plans to some day extend the parser
> so that it is a true parser of units instead of using regex
> expression matches.

Yes, I had the specifications worked out at one time for a units class 
that would allow you to do things like 3 ft / 2 sec and so on, but it 
has never been implemented.  This is a "wish list" item.  I'll think 
about the regular expression and see if I can come up with a better one 
for finding the split.  I've got some ideas.

Davide