incorporate testhelpers/Furlong.jl into Test package?

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incorporate testhelpers/Furlong.jl into Test package? #30692

Open stevengj opened 5 years ago

stevengj commented 5 years ago

It might be nice to make testhelpers/Furlong.jl available in the Test standard library package, so that external packages could do using Test.Furlongs to perform dimensionful testing without adding a dependency on Unitful.jl.

stevengj commented 5 years ago

Similarly for some of the other testhelpers, for that matter.

KristofferC commented 5 years ago

To me, adding a test-dependency for those who need it seems like a better choice than to bundle it inside Test to everyone.

Why is adding a test dependency on Unitful a problem?

JeffBezanson commented 5 years ago

:+1: These seem to fit with GenericString etc.