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emacs/lisp/emacs-lisp/float-sup.el
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;;; float-sup.el --- define some constants useful for floating point numbers.
;; Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1987 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; Maintainer: FSF
;; Keywords: internal
;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
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;;; Commentary:
;;; Code:
;; Provide a meaningful error message if we are running on
;; bare (non-float) emacs.
(if (fboundp 'atan)
nil
(error "Floating point was disabled at compile time"))
;; provide an easy hook to tell if we are running with floats or not.
;; define pi and e via math-lib calls. (much less prone to killer typos.)
(defconst pi (* 4 (atan 1)) "The value of Pi (3.1415926...).")
;; It's too inconvenient to make `e' a constant because it's used as
;; a temporary variable all the time.
(defvar e (exp 1) "The value of e (2.7182818...).")
;; Careful when editing this file ... typos here will be hard to spot.
;; (defconst pi 3.14159265358979323846264338327
;; "The value of Pi (3.14159265358979323846264338327...)")
(defconst degrees-to-radians (/ pi 180.0)
"Degrees to radian conversion constant.")
(defconst radians-to-degrees (/ 180.0 pi)
"Radian to degree conversion constant.")
;; these expand to a single multiply by a float when byte compiled
(defmacro degrees-to-radians (x)
"Convert ARG from degrees to radians."
(list '* (/ pi 180.0) x))
(defmacro radians-to-degrees (x)
"Convert ARG from radians to degrees."
(list '* (/ 180.0 pi) x))
(provide 'lisp-float-type)
;;; arch-tag: e7837072-a4af-4d08-9953-8a3e755abf9d
;;; float-sup.el ends here