# HG changeset patch
# User Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
# Date 1044915771 0
# Node ID 287be189a2e60643af4d348291b6d9e79b5e56bb
# Parent  3738a81ff66f9a767f03e616a5f9742a62f67dae
(e): Make it a variable.

diff -r 3738a81ff66f -r 287be189a2e6 lisp/float-sup.el
--- a/lisp/float-sup.el	Mon Feb 10 22:21:46 2003 +0000
+++ b/lisp/float-sup.el	Mon Feb 10 22:22:51 2003 +0000
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@
 ;; 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...).")
+;; It's too inconvenient to make `e' a constant because it's used as
+;; a temporary variable all the time.
+(defvar 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