Remove ConstructionBase dependency

Author: MilesCranmer

Project.toml

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ version = "0.7.5"
 
 [deps]
 Compat = "34da2185-b29b-5c13-b0c7-acf172513d20"
-ConstructionBase = "187b0558-2788-49d3-abe0-74a17ed4e7c9"
 PackageExtensionCompat = "65ce6f38-6b18-4e1d-a461-8949797d7930"
 Tricks = "410a4b4d-49e4-4fbc-ab6d-cb71b17b3775"
 
@@ -23,7 +22,6 @@ DynamicQuantitiesUnitfulExt = "Unitful"
 
 [compat]
 Compat = "3.42, 4"
-ConstructionBase = "1"
 Measurements = "2"
 PackageExtensionCompat = "1.0.2"
 ScientificTypes = "3"

src/arrays.jl

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import Compat: allequal
-import ConstructionBase: constructorof
 
 """
     QuantityArray{T,N,D<:AbstractDimensions,Q<:AbstractUnionQuantity,V<:AbstractArray}

src/symbolic_dimensions.jl

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import ConstructionBase: constructorof
 import Tricks: static_fieldnames
 
 import .Units: UNIT_SYMBOLS, UNIT_MAPPING, UNIT_VALUES

src/types.jl

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import ConstructionBase: constructorof
 import Tricks: static_fieldnames, static_fieldtypes
 
 const DEFAULT_DIM_BASE_TYPE = FixedRational{DEFAULT_NUMERATOR_TYPE,DEFAULT_DENOM}
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ the need to define many other functions.
 The key function that one could wish to overload is
 `DynamicQuantities.dimension_name(::AbstractDimensions, k::Symbol)` for mapping from a field name
 to a base unit (e.g., `length` by default maps to `m`). You may also need to overload
-`ConstructionBase.constructorof(::Type{T})` in case of non-standard construction.
+`constructorof(::Type{T})` in case of non-standard construction.
 """
 abstract type AbstractDimensions{R} end
 
@@ -178,6 +177,11 @@ constructorof(::Type{<:Dimensions}) = Dimensions
 constructorof(::Type{<:Quantity}) = Quantity
 constructorof(::Type{<:GenericQuantity}) = GenericQuantity
 
+# The following functions should be overloaded for special types
+function constructorof(::Type{T}) where {T}
+    return Base.typename(T).wrapper
+end
+
 struct DimensionError{Q1,Q2} <: Exception
     q1::Q1
     q2::Q2

src/utils.jl

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import Compat: allequal
-import ConstructionBase: constructorof
 import Tricks: static_fieldnames
 
 function map_dimensions(f::F, args::AbstractDimensions...) where {F<:Function}