Convert between Unitful and DimensionfulAngles

Project.toml

@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ version = "0.2.0"
 
 [deps]
 Unitful = "1986cc42-f94f-5a68-af5c-568840ba703d"
+UnitfulAngles = "6fb2a4bd-7999-5318-a3b2-8ad61056cd98"
 UnitfulEquivalences = "da9c4bc3-91c8-4f02-8a40-6b990d2a7e0c"
 
 [compat]
 Unitful = "1.10"
+UnitfulAngles = "0.7"
 UnitfulEquivalences = "0.2"
 julia = "1.7"

README.md

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Michelén Ströfer, C. A. (2022). DimensionfulAngles.jl (Version 0.1.0) [Compute
 
 Use *DimensionfulAngles.jl* for units containing angles and *Unitful.jl* for all other units.
 The units in *DimensionfulAngles.jl* are differentiated from their dimensionless counterparts with a superscript `ᵃ`.
-Simply add this superscript to any angle units to make it dimensionful. 
+Simply add this superscript to any angle units to make it dimensionful.
 In Julia environments this can be typed as `\^a<tab>`.
 
 ```julia
@@ -125,8 +125,30 @@ julia> using DimensionfulAngles.DefaultSymbols
 julia> angular_velocity = 1.2rad / s
 ```
 
+### Converting to/from `Unitful.jl`
+To convert a quantity to or from `Unitful.jl` use the `uconvert` function with first
+argument either `:Unitful` or `:DimensionfulAngles`.
+For example:
+
+```julia
+julia> using Unitful, DimensionfulAngles
+
+julia> ω = 3.2u"radᵃ/s"
+3.2 rad s⁻¹
+
+julia> ω̄ = uconvert(:Unitful, ω)
+3.2 rad s⁻¹
+
+julia> dimension(ω)
+𝐀 𝐓⁻¹
+
+julia> dimension(ω̄)
+𝐓⁻¹
+```
+
+
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docs/Project.toml

@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 Documenter = "e30172f5-a6a5-5a46-863b-614d45cd2de4"
 DocumenterCitations = "daee34ce-89f3-4625-b898-19384cb65244"
 Unitful = "1986cc42-f94f-5a68-af5c-568840ba703d"
+UnitfulAngles = "6fb2a4bd-7999-5318-a3b2-8ad61056cd98"
 
 [compat]
-Documenter = "0.27.23"
-DocumenterCitations = "0.2.12"
+Documenter = "1.2"
+DocumenterCitations = "1.3"
 Unitful = "1.10"
+UnitfulAngles = "0.7"

docs/make.jl

@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
+# push!(LOAD_PATH,"../src/")
+
 using Documenter
 using DocumenterCitations
 using DimensionfulAngles
 using Unitful
+using UnitfulAngles
+
+ENV["UNITFUL_FANCY_EXPONENTS"] = true
 
 bib = CitationBibliography(joinpath(@__DIR__, "references.bib"))
 
@@ -16,17 +21,23 @@ function _filter_prefixed(base, x; exceptions = [nothing])
     return false
 end
 
-makedocs(bib;
-         sitename = "DimensionfulAngles",
-         format = Documenter.HTML(),
-         modules = [DimensionfulAngles],
-         pages = ["Home" => "index.md",
-                  "Angle as a dimension?" => "motivation.md",
-                  "Package Guide" => ["guide/intro.md",
-                                      "guide/units.md",
-                                      "guide/derived.md",
-                                      "guide/base.md"],
-                  "Relationship to proposed SI extensions." => "proposed.md",
-                  "Index" => "syntax.md"])
+makedocs(;
+    sitename = "DimensionfulAngles",
+    format = Documenter.HTML(
+        assets=String["assets/citations.css",],
+    ),
+    modules = [DimensionfulAngles],
+    pages = [
+        "Home" => "index.md",
+        "Angle as a dimension?" => "motivation.md",
+        "Package Guide" => ["guide/intro.md",
+                            "guide/units.md",
+                            "guide/derived.md",
+                            "guide/base.md"],
+        "Relationship to proposed SI extensions." => "proposed.md",
+        "Index" => "syntax.md",
+        ],
+    plugins = [bib,],
+)
 
-deploydocs(; repo = "github.com/cmichelenstrofer/DimensionfulAngles.jl.git")
+deploydocs(; repo="github.com/cmichelenstrofer/DimensionfulAngles.jl.git",)

docs/src/assets/citations.css

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+.citation dl {
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: max-content auto; }
+.citation dt {
+  grid-column-start: 1; }
+.citation dd {
+  grid-column-start: 2;
+  margin-bottom: 0.75em; }
+.citation ul {
+ padding: 0 0 2.25em 0;
+ margin: 0;
+ list-style: none;}
+.citation ul li {
+ text-indent: -2.25em;
+ margin: 0.33em 0.5em 0.5em 2.25em;}
+.citation ol li {
+ padding-left:0.75em;}
+

docs/src/guide/base.md

@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ The functions in `Base` currently extended to accept dimensionful angle argument
   - hyperbolic functions: `sinh`, `cosh`, `tanh`, `coth`, `sech`, `csch`
   - exponential functions: `exp`, `expm1`, `cis`, `cispi`
   - Sinc functions: `sinc`, `cosc`
-  - Utilities: `deg2rad`, `rad2deg`, `mod2pi`, `rem2pi`
+  - conversions: `deg2rad`, `rad2deg`
+  - divisions: `mod2pi`, `rem2pi`
 
 For example
 
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ julia> acos(ua"°", 0.9831912354632536)
 The functions in `Base` that are currently extended to accept units as their first argument
 and return values with those units are:
 
-  - inverse trigonometric: `asin`, `acos`, `atan`, `acot`, `asec`, `acsc`, `asind`, `acosd`, `acotd`, `asecd`, `acscd`, `atan(x, y)`
-  - inverse hyperbolic: `asinh`, `acosh`, `atanh`, `acoth`, `asech`, `acsch`
-  - logarithmic: `log`, `log1p`
+  - inverse trigonometric functions: `asin`, `acos`, `atan`, `acot`, `asec`, `acsc`, `asind`, `acosd`, `acotd`, `asecd`, `acscd`, `atan(x, y)`
+  - inverse hyperbolic functions: `asinh`, `acosh`, `atanh`, `acoth`, `asech`, `acsch`
+  - logarithmic functions: `log`, `log1p`
   - phase angle of a complex number: `angle`

docs/src/guide/derived.md

@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ These are:
 
   - [`DimensionfulAngles.SolidAngle`](@ref)
   - [`DimensionfulAngles.AngularVelocity`](@ref)
-  - [`DimensionfulAngles.AngularAcceleration`](@ref).
+  - [`DimensionfulAngles.AngularAcceleration`](@ref)
+  - [`DimensionfulAngles.AngularWavelength`](@ref)
+  - [`DimensionfulAngles.AngularPeriod`](@ref)
+  - [`DimensionfulAngles.AngularWavenumber`](@ref)
 
 This allows, among other things, dispatching on these derived dimensions.
 
@@ -29,34 +32,56 @@ DimensionfulAngles.srᵃ
 ```
 
 ## Angular velocity and acceleration
-
-Content:
-
-  - [Angular velocity and acceleration](@ref)
-
-      + [Periodic equivalence](@ref)
-
 [Angular velocity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angular_frequency) has dimensions of angle over time `𝐀/𝐓` and can be used to measure different quantities such as rotational velocity, rotational speed, and angular frequency of a phase angle.
 Two units of angular velocity are defined: the revolutions per second (RPS) and the revolutions per minute (RPM), provided as [`DimensionfulAngles.rpsᵃ`](@ref) and [`DimensionfulAngles.rpmᵃ`](@ref) respectively.
 
 [Angular acceleration](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angular_acceleration) is the time rate of change of angular velocity and has dimensions of angle over time squared `𝐀/𝐓²`.
 No units are defined specifically for this derived dimension.
 
+See also: [`Periodic`](@ref).
+
 ```@docs
 DimensionfulAngles.AngularVelocity
 DimensionfulAngles.AngularAcceleration
 DimensionfulAngles.rpsᵃ
 DimensionfulAngles.rpmᵃ
 ```
 
-### Periodic equivalence
+## Angular period, wavenumber, and wavelength
+Angular [wavenumber] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavenumber) has dimensions of angle over
+length `𝐀/𝐋` and is the spatial analogue of (temporal) angular frequency.
+It is used to describe responses that are periodic in space.
+
+The angular period (dimensions of time over angle, `𝐓/𝐀`) and angular wavelength (`𝐋/𝐀`) are define as the reciprocal of angular frequency
+and angular wavenumber, respectively.
+
+No units are defined specifically for these derived dimensions.
+
+See also: [`Periodic`](@ref).
 
+```@docs
+DimensionfulAngles.AngularWavelength
+DimensionfulAngles.AngularPeriod
+DimensionfulAngles.AngularWavenumber
+```
+
+## Periodic equivalence
 For periodic responses there are several analogous ways to measure the repeat period: period `T` (`𝐓`, `s`), frequency `f` (`1/𝐓`, `Hz=1/s`), or angular frequency `ω` (`𝐀/𝐓`, `rad/s`).
 These are [related by](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angular_frequency)
 
 ``f = 1/T = ω/2π``.
 
-*DimensionfulAngles.jl* provides [`Periodic`](@ref) a [UnitfulEquivalences.jl](https://sostock.github.io/UnitfulEquivalences.jl/stable/) `Equivalence` to convert between period, frequency, and angular frequency of a periodic response.
+Analogously, spatial period and frequency are [related by](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatial_frequency)
+
+``ν = 1/λ = k/2π``
+
+between wavelength `λ` (`𝐋`, `m`), wavenumber `ν` (`1/𝐋`, `1/m`), and angular wavenumber `k` (`𝐀/𝐋`, `rad/m`).
+Additionally an angular period and angular wavelength can be defined analogously as the reciprocal of angular frequency and angular wavenumber.
+
+![Diagram showing graphically the relationships between the various properties of harmonic waves: frequency, period, wavelength, angular frequency, and wavenumber.](../assets/Commutative_diagram_of_harmonic_wave_properties.svg)
+*image-source: Waldir, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons*
+
+*DimensionfulAngles.jl* provides [`Periodic`](@ref) a [UnitfulEquivalences.jl](https://sostock.github.io/UnitfulEquivalences.jl/stable/) `Equivalence` to convert between temporal or spatial period, frequency, angular frequency, and angular period of a periodic response.
 
 ```@docs
 DimensionfulAngles.Periodic
@@ -80,6 +105,12 @@ DimensionfulAngles.AngularAccelerationUnits
 DimensionfulAngles.AngularAccelerationFreeUnits
 DimensionfulAngles.SolidAngleUnits
 DimensionfulAngles.SolidAngleFreeUnits
+DimensionfulAngles.AngularWavenumberUnits
+DimensionfulAngles.AngularWavenumberFreeUnits
+DimensionfulAngles.AngularPeriodUnits
+DimensionfulAngles.AngularPeriodFreeUnits
+DimensionfulAngles.AngularWavelengthUnits
+DimensionfulAngles.AngularWavelengthFreeUnits
 ```
 
 ### [Prefixed Units](@id derived_prefixed)

docs/src/guide/intro.md

@@ -10,14 +10,15 @@ At its core, [`DimensionfulAngles`](@ref) defines:
   - the degree [`DimensionfulAngles.°ᵃ`](@ref) (SI-accepted unit of angle)
   - the *"defining constant"* [`θ₀`](@ref) equal to one radian.
   - the [`@ua_str`](@ref) macro for easily recalling units in the package
+  - extensions to `uconvert` to convert between `Unitful` and `DimensionfulAngles` quantities.
 
 The unit `radᵃ` is prefixable, and therefore defines many other units, which are documented in [Prefixed units](@ref intro_prefixed).
 
 The units in this package are appended the superscript `ᵃ` to differentiate them from the units in [Unitful.jl](https://painterqubits.github.io/Unitful.jl/stable/) and [UnitfulAngles.jl](https://github.com/yakir12/UnitfulAngles.jl), which have the same name but are non-dimensional.
 The [`@ua_str`](@ref) provides an easier way to access these units without having to type the superscript `ᵃ`.
 For example, both of these are equivalent:
 
-```jldoctest
+```jldoctest; filter = r"(\\d*).(\\d{1,10})\\d+" => s"\\1.\\2"
 julia> using Unitful
 
 julia> using DimensionfulAngles
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ julia> 1.3ua"rad"
 
 The default `u` string can still be more convenient when defining quantities with mixed units, such as
 
-```jldoctest
+```jldoctest; filter = r"(\\d*).(\\d{1,10})\\d+" => s"\\1.\\2"
 julia> using Unitful
 
 julia> using DimensionfulAngles
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ julia> 2.1u"radᵃ/s"
 Alternatively it might be convenient to import the units you are using directly, renaming units from *DimensionfulAngles* to remove the superscript `ᵃ`.
 For example:
 
-```jldoctest
+```jldoctest; filter = r"(\\d*).(\\d{1,10})\\d+" => s"\\1.\\2"
 julia> using Unitful
 
 julia> using Unitful: m, s, kg
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ One of the main advantage of defining an angle dimension is to be able to dispat
 This behavior and useful aliases are completely inherited from *Unitful.jl*.
 The most basic usage uses the automatically defined alias [`DimensionfulAngles.Angle`](@ref):
 
-```jldoctest
+```jldoctest; filter = r"(\\d*).(\\d{1,10})\\d+" => s"\\1.\\2"
 julia> using Unitful
 
 julia> using DimensionfulAngles
@@ -94,6 +95,47 @@ julia> what_am_i(angle)
 "I am an angle."
 ```
 
+Finally, we can convert quantities to or from `Unitful` (including `UnitfulAngles`) using an
+extension of `uconvert` with first argument `:Unitful` or `:DimensionfulAngles`, as:
+
+```jldoctest; setup = :(using DimensionfulAngles, Unitful), filter = r"(\\d*).(\\d{1,10})\\d+" => s"\\1.\\2"
+julia> ω = 3.2u"radᵃ/s"
+3.2 rad s⁻¹
+
+julia> ω̄ = uconvert(:Unitful, ω)
+3.2 rad s⁻¹
+
+julia> dimension(ω)
+𝐀 𝐓⁻¹
+
+julia> dimension(ω̄)
+𝐓⁻¹
+```
+
+```@docs
+Unitful.uconvert(::Symbol, ::Quantity)
+```
+
+Note that astronomical units in `DimensionfulAngles` and `UnitfulAngles` are not equivalent
+and quantities containing these units are converted to compatible, non-astronomical, units
+first.
+Specifically, the `UnitfulAngles` units [`mas`, `μas`, `pas`] are converted to `arcsecond`,
+the `DimensionfulAngles` unit `asᵃ` and all its prefixed versions are converted to
+`arcsecondᵃ`, and the `DimensionfulAngles` units [`ʰᵃ`, `ᵐᵃ`, `ˢᵃ`] are converted to
+`hourAngleᵃ`.
+For example:
+
+```jldoctest; setup = :(using DimensionfulAngles, Unitful)
+julia> θ = 1u"μas"
+1 μas
+
+julia> θ̄ = uconvert(:DimensionfulAngles, θ)
+1//1000000″
+
+julia> uconvert(:Unitful, 1u"ᵐᵃ")
+1//60 hourAngle
+```
+
 ## [Syntax](@id intro_syntax)
 
 Contents:

docs/src/index.md

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ These include
   - A comprehensive list of angular units.
   - The `@ua_str` macro for easily accessing these units.
   - Derived dimensions and their units, including: solid angles, angular velocity/frequency, and angular acceleration.
+  - Conversion between `Unitful` and `DimensionfulAngles` quantities.
   - A [UnitfulEquivalences.jl](https://sostock.github.io/UnitfulEquivalences.jl/stable/) `Equivalence` to convert between period, frequency, and angular frequency of a periodic response.
   - A comprehensive extension of functions in `Base` that take angular quantities as inputs, or output angular quantities.
 
@@ -40,8 +41,8 @@ Such proposals do exist, and for completeness these are discussed in [Relation t
 
 These definitions are based on the [SI Brochure](https://www.bipm.org/en/publications/si-brochure).
 In particular note the distinction between a quantity (which has a value and a unit), its unit, and its dimension.
-A (base or derived) dimension has a unique standard SI unit, but the converse is not true.
-E.g. both torque and energy, two distinct quantities, have the same dimension.
+Any physical quantity hasa unique standard (coherent) SI unit and dimension, but the converse is not true.
+E.g. both torque and energy, two distinct quantities, have the same dimension and units.
 Also note the distinction between plane and phase angles as distinct quantities, and angular velocity and angular frequency as distinct quantities.
 
   - **Angle**: Either a plane or phase angle.

docs/src/motivation.md

@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ and
 
 > For  historical  reasons the radian and steradian are treated as derived units
 
+Note that by including *angle* as a dimension we are dropping its definition as a ratio of
+lengths.
+This is what makes the SI angle dimensionless and would make this 8-dimension system
+incoherent (dimensions are not linearly independent).
+
 Point 2 means that we cannot (easily) differentiate between different dimensionless quantities.
 In practice this means we have to be very careful when dealing with dimensionless quantities.
 Here are some motivating examples using [Unitful.jl](https://painterqubits.github.io/Unitful.jl/).
@@ -39,7 +44,7 @@ ERROR: DimensionError: 2 m and 5 are not dimensionally compatible.
 
 However this does not work with dimensionless quantities such as angles.
 
-```jldoctest
+```jldoctest; filter = r"(\\d*).(\\d{1,10})\\d+" => s"\\1.\\2"
 julia> using Unitful
 
 julia> angle = 10u"°"
@@ -59,7 +64,7 @@ Finally they can be added.
 
 Since angle is not a dimension we cannot differentiate between units of angle and other dimensionless units, which also leads to problems like this:
 
-```jldoctest
+```jldoctest; filter = r"(\\d*).(\\d{1,10})\\d+" => s"\\1.\\2"
 julia> using Unitful
 
 julia> 1u"°" + 1u"rad"
@@ -99,7 +104,7 @@ One of the main features of Julia is multiple dispatch.
 This ability can **not** be used for angular dimensions, and we have to either (1) dispatch on *no dimension* or (2) dispatch on an union of all angle units.
 The former would work for all dimensionless quantities not just angles, and the latter can become cumbersome with a large number of units when considering prefixes and additional units in [UnitfulAngles.jl](https://github.com/yakir12/UnitfulAngles.jl).
 
-```jldoctest
+```jldoctest; filter = r"(\\d*).(\\d{1,10})\\d+" => s"\\1.\\2"
 julia> using Unitful
 
 julia> what_am_i(::Unitful.Length) = "I am a length."