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1 ;;; float-sup.el --- detect absence of floating-point support in Emacs runtime
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23 ;;; Code:
25 ;; Provide a meaningful error message if we are running on
26 ;; bare (non-float) emacs.
27 ;; Can't test for 'floatp since that may be defined by float-imitation
28 ;; packages like float.el in this very directory.
30 (if (fboundp 'atan)
31 nil
32 (error "Floating point was disabled at compile time"))
34 ;; provide an easy hook to tell if we are running with floats or not.
35 ;; define pi and e via math-lib calls. (much less prone to killer typos.)
36 (defconst pi (* 4 (atan 1)) "The value of Pi (3.1415926...)")
37 (defconst e (exp 1) "The value of e (2.7182818...)")
39 ;; Careful when editing this file ... typos here will be hard to spot.
40 ;; (defconst pi 3.14159265358979323846264338327
41 ;; "The value of Pi (3.14159265358979323846264338327...)")
43 (defconst degrees-to-radians (/ pi 180.0)
44 "Degrees to radian conversion constant")
45 (defconst radians-to-degrees (/ 180.0 pi)
46 "Radian to degree conversion constant")
48 ;; these expand to a single multiply by a float when byte compiled
50 (defmacro degrees-to-radians (x)
51 "Convert ARG from degrees to radians."
52 (list '* (/ pi 180.0) x))
53 (defmacro radians-to-degrees (x)
54 "Convert ARG from radians to degrees."
55 (list '* (/ 180.0 pi) x))
57 (provide 'lisp-float-type)
59 ;;; float-sup.el ends here