annotate lisp/float-sup.el @ 13668:cd9e2bb3e7fe

(solar-longitude): Doc fix.

;;; float-sup.el --- detect absence of floating-point support in Emacs runtime

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;;; Code:

;; Provide a meaningful error message if we are running on
;; bare (non-float) emacs.
;; Can't test for 'floatp since that may be defined by float-imitation
;; packages like float.el in this very directory.

(if (fboundp 'atan)
    nil
  (error "Floating point was disabled at compile time"))

;; 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 pi (* 4 (atan 1)) "The value of Pi (3.1415926...)")
(defconst e (exp 1) "The value of e (2.7182818...)")

;; Careful when editing this file ... typos here will be hard to spot.
;; (defconst pi       3.14159265358979323846264338327
;;  "The value of Pi (3.14159265358979323846264338327...)")

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

;; these expand to a single multiply by a float when byte compiled

(defmacro degrees-to-radians (x)
  "Convert ARG from degrees to radians."
  (list '* (/ pi 180.0) x))
(defmacro radians-to-degrees (x)
  "Convert ARG from radians to degrees."
  (list '* (/ 180.0 pi) x))

(provide 'lisp-float-type)

;;; float-sup.el ends here