*** empty log message ***
[emacs.git] / lisp / emacs-lisp / float-sup.el
blob9b7dadb86db23f25d573df7d875e3b77290e1eaa
1 ;;; float-sup.el --- define some constants useful for floating point numbers.
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1987, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
4 ;; 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
6 ;; Maintainer: FSF
7 ;; Keywords: internal
9 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
11 ;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
12 ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
13 ;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
14 ;; any later version.
16 ;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
17 ;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
18 ;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
19 ;; GNU General Public License for more details.
21 ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
22 ;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
23 ;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
24 ;; Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
26 ;;; Commentary:
28 ;;; Code:
30 ;; Provide a meaningful error message if we are running on
31 ;; bare (non-float) emacs.
33 (if (fboundp 'atan)
34 nil
35 (error "Floating point was disabled at compile time"))
37 ;; provide an easy hook to tell if we are running with floats or not.
38 ;; define pi and e via math-lib calls. (much less prone to killer typos.)
39 (defconst pi (* 4 (atan 1)) "The value of Pi (3.1415926...).")
41 ;; It's too inconvenient to make `e' a constant because it's used as
42 ;; a temporary variable all the time.
43 (defvar e (exp 1) "The value of e (2.7182818...).")
45 (defconst degrees-to-radians (/ pi 180.0)
46 "Degrees to radian conversion constant.")
47 (defconst radians-to-degrees (/ 180.0 pi)
48 "Radian to degree conversion constant.")
50 ;; these expand to a single multiply by a float when byte compiled
52 (defmacro degrees-to-radians (x)
53 "Convert ARG from degrees to radians."
54 (list '* (/ pi 180.0) x))
55 (defmacro radians-to-degrees (x)
56 "Convert ARG from radians to degrees."
57 (list '* (/ 180.0 pi) x))
59 (provide 'lisp-float-type)
61 ;;; arch-tag: e7837072-a4af-4d08-9953-8a3e755abf9d
62 ;;; float-sup.el ends here