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Re: [std-proposals] Proposal to add the circle constant "tau"

From: Thiago Macieira <thiago_at_[hidden]>
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2024 10:39:48 -0700
On Sunday 25 August 2024 05:29:36 GMT-7 Tiago Freire via Std-Proposals wrote:
> I'm very much convinced at this point that the argument for the introduction
> of tau is one of convenience rather than precision over 2*pi.

Indeed, which means the paper proposing it be added should focus on that
convenience and possible use with _Decimal32 and _Decimal64. The precision in
binary is not an argument.

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Thiago Macieira - thiago (AT) macieira.info - thiago (AT) kde.org
  Principal Engineer - Intel DCAI Platform & System Engineering

Received on 2024-08-25 17:40:00