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1 ;;; float-sup.el --- define some constants useful for floating point numbers.
2
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1987, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
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5
6 ;; Maintainer: FSF
7 ;; Keywords: internal
8 ;; Package: emacs
9
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24
25 ;;; Commentary:
26
27 ;;; Code:
28
29 ;; Provide a meaningful error message if we are running on
30 ;; bare (non-float) emacs.
31
32 (if (fboundp 'atan)
33 nil
34 (error "Floating point was disabled at compile time"))
35
36 ;; provide an easy hook to tell if we are running with floats or not.
37 ;; define pi and e via math-lib calls. (much less prone to killer typos.)
38 (defconst float-pi (* 4 (atan 1)) "The value of Pi (3.1415926...).")
39 (defconst pi float-pi "Obsolete since Emacs-23.3. Use `float-pi' instead.")
40
41 (defconst float-e (exp 1) "The value of e (2.7182818...).")
42
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.")
47
48 ;; these expand to a single multiply by a float when byte compiled
49
50 (defmacro degrees-to-radians (x)
51 "Convert X from degrees to radians."
52 (list '* degrees-to-radians x))
53 (defmacro radians-to-degrees (x)
54 "Convert X from radians to degrees."
55 (list '* radians-to-degrees x))
56
57 (provide 'lisp-float-type)
58
59 ;; arch-tag: e7837072-a4af-4d08-9953-8a3e755abf9d
60 ;;; float-sup.el ends here