1 ;;; float-sup.el --- define some constants useful for floating point numbers.
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28 ;; Provide a meaningful error message if we are running on
29 ;; bare (non-float) emacs.
33 (error "Floating point was disabled at compile time"))
35 ;; provide an easy hook to tell if we are running with floats or not.
36 ;; define pi and e via math-lib calls. (much less prone to killer typos.)
37 (defconst float-pi
(* 4 (atan 1)) "The value of Pi (3.1415926...).")
38 (defconst pi float-pi
"Obsolete since Emacs-23.3. Use `float-pi' instead.")
40 (defconst float-e
(exp 1) "The value of e (2.7182818...).")
41 (defvar e float-e
"Obsolete since Emacs-23.3. Use `float-e' instead.")
43 (defconst degrees-to-radians
(/ float-pi
180.0)
44 "Degrees to radian conversion constant.")
45 (defconst radians-to-degrees
(/ 180.0 float-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 '* degrees-to-radians x
))
53 (defmacro radians-to-degrees
(x)
54 "Convert ARG from radians to degrees."
55 (list '* radians-to-degrees x
))
57 (provide 'lisp-float-type
)
59 ;; arch-tag: e7837072-a4af-4d08-9953-8a3e755abf9d
60 ;;; float-sup.el ends here