;;; float-sup.el --- define some constants useful for floating point numbers.

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;;; Code:

;; Provide an easy hook to tell if we are running with floats or not.
;; Define pi and e via math-lib calls (much less prone to killer typos).
(defconst float-pi (* 4 (atan 1)) "The value of Pi (3.1415926...).")
(defconst pi float-pi
  "Obsolete since Emacs-23.3.  Use `float-pi' instead.")
(internal-make-var-non-special 'pi)

(defconst float-e (exp 1) "The value of e (2.7182818...).")

(defconst degrees-to-radians (/ float-pi 180.0)
  "Degrees to radian conversion constant.")
(defconst radians-to-degrees (/ 180.0 float-pi)
  "Radian to degree conversion constant.")

;; These expand to a single multiply by a float when byte compiled.

(defmacro degrees-to-radians (x)
  "Convert X from degrees to radians."
  (list '* degrees-to-radians x))
(defmacro radians-to-degrees (x)
  "Convert X from radians to degrees."
  (list '* radians-to-degrees x))

(provide 'lisp-float-type)

;;; float-sup.el ends here
