Numericalunits Review

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Pros

Pro
Compatible with numpy and scipy

Pro
Compatible with multiple calculation routines

Numericalunits can work with routines that are not written in Python. For example, you can have a routine that calculates integrals in C and you can pass it a quantity in units of velocity and integration ranges in units of time and numericalunits will calculate it and return a result in units of distance.

Pro
Helps with writing readable code

When inputing and outputing data you specifically say what units they are in. This makes the code very self-documenting and readable

Cons

Con
Output is not deterministic

Instead, you need to run the whole calculation (including the reset_units() part) twice. If you get the same final answers both times, then congratulations, all your calculations are almost guaranteed to pass dimensional analysis!