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1 ;;; float-sup.el --- define some constants useful for floating point numbers.
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6 ;; Keywords: internal
7 ;; Package: emacs
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24 ;;; Commentary:
26 ;;; Code:
28 ;; Provide an easy hook to tell if we are running with floats or not.
29 ;; Define pi and e via math-lib calls (much less prone to killer typos).
30 (defconst float-pi (* 4 (atan 1)) "The value of Pi (3.1415926...).")
31 (defconst pi float-pi
32 "Obsolete since Emacs-23.3. Use `float-pi' instead.")
33 (internal-make-var-non-special 'pi)
35 (defconst float-e (exp 1) "The value of e (2.7182818...).")
37 (defconst degrees-to-radians (/ float-pi 180.0)
38 "Degrees to radian conversion constant.")
39 (defconst radians-to-degrees (/ 180.0 float-pi)
40 "Radian to degree conversion constant.")
42 ;; These expand to a single multiply by a float when byte compiled.
44 (defmacro degrees-to-radians (x)
45 "Convert X from degrees to radians."
46 (list '* degrees-to-radians x))
47 (defmacro radians-to-degrees (x)
48 "Convert X from radians to degrees."
49 (list '* radians-to-degrees x))
51 (provide 'lisp-float-type)
53 ;;; float-sup.el ends here