Units of measure in C# - almost

Question

Inspired by Units of Measure in F#, and despite asserting (here) that you couldn\'t do it in C#, I had an idea the other day which I\'ve been playing around with.

Answer 1

You could add extension methods on numeric types to generate measures. It'd feel a bit DSL-like:

var mass = 1.Kilogram();
var length = (1.2).Kilometres();

It's not really .NET convention and might not be the most discoverable feature, so perhaps you'd add them in a devoted namespace for people who like them, as well as offering more conventional construction methods.