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1 ;; Basic editing commands for Emacs
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19
20 ;; Provide a meaningful error message if we are running on
21 ;; bare (non-float) emacs.
22 ;; Can't test for 'floatp since that may be defined by float-imitation
23 ;; packages like float.el in this very directory.
24
25 (if (fboundp 'atan)
26 nil
27 (error "Floating point was disabled at compile time"))
28
29 ;; provide an easy hook to tell if we are running with floats or not.
30 ;; define pi and e via math-lib calls. (much less prone to killer typos.)
31 (defconst pi (* 4 (atan 1)) "The value of Pi (3.1415926...)")
32 (defconst e (exp 1) "The value of e (2.7182818...)")
33
34 ;; Careful when editing this file ... typos here will be hard to spot.
35 ;; (defconst pi 3.14159265358979323846264338327
36 ;; "The value of Pi (3.14159265358979323846264338327...)")
37
38 (defconst degrees-to-radians (/ pi 180.0)
39 "Degrees to radian conversion constant")
40 (defconst radians-to-degrees (/ 180.0 pi)
41 "Radian to degree conversion constant")
42
43 ;; these expand to a single multiply by a float when byte compiled
44
45 (defmacro degrees-to-radians (x)
46 "Convert ARG from degrees to radians."
47 (list '* (/ pi 180.0) x))
48 (defmacro radians-to-degrees (x)
49 "Convert ARG from radians to degrees."
50 (list '* (/ 180.0 pi) x))
51
52 (provide 'lisp-float-type)
53