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[PATCH] tau support in math.h
- From: Adam Talsma <adam at talsma dot ca>
- To: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:18:20 -0800
- Subject: [PATCH] tau support in math.h
This patch adds tau as a macro in math.h. This should allow for efficiency
improvements as higher level math functions will inevitably be refactored away
from using 2pi.
http://tauday.com/ for more details and examples on how to replace pi, and why
using pi is in the wrong paradigm.
Thanks,
-Adam Talsma
--- math.h 2013-01-27 23:35:53.377637077 -0800
+++ math.h.tau 2013-01-28 00:02:40.721703715 -0800
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@
# define M_2_SQRTPI 1.12837916709551257390 /* 2/sqrt(pi) */
# define M_SQRT2 1.41421356237309504880 /* sqrt(2) */
# define M_SQRT1_2 0.70710678118654752440 /* 1/sqrt(2) */
+# define M_TAU 6.28318530717958647692 /* tau */
#endif
/* The above constants are not adequate for computation using `long double's.
@@ -383,6 +384,7 @@
# define M_2_SQRTPIl 1.128379167095512573896158903121545172L /* 2/sqrt(pi) */
# define M_SQRT2l 1.414213562373095048801688724209698079L /* sqrt(2) */
# define M_SQRT1_2l 0.707106781186547524400844362104849039L /* 1/sqrt(2) */
+# define M_TAU 6.283185307179586476925286766559005768L /* tau */
#endif