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How about just changing the display? If I type 5ft 3 inches into a constraint, represent it internally in mm but leave the text as "5ft 3 inches". Display mm on mouse over? Unfortunately here in Canada we do end up having to mix units a lot, and it seems cleaner to me to make sure everything is disp...

Are you using pypi/python-packages to distribute addons? Python packages have allowed you to ship compiled code via python's "wheels" for a while now, so I don't think the add-on being partially written in cpp should be a problem.