From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: constant `e' Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 13:51:15 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87ejozchb3.fsf@vh213602.truman.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1171047101 26577 80.91.229.12 (9 Feb 2007 18:51:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 18:51:41 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: belanger@truman.edu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 09 19:51:34 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HFaqK-0000bV-6H for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 09 Feb 2007 19:51:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HFaqJ-0003qY-MT for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 09 Feb 2007 13:51:31 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HFaq7-0003qI-LM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Feb 2007 13:51:19 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HFaq5-0003q6-7h for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Feb 2007 13:51:18 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HFaq5-0003q3-2l for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Feb 2007 13:51:17 -0500 Original-Received: from tomts10.bellnexxia.net ([209.226.175.54] helo=tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1HFaq4-0005U4-Lz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Feb 2007 13:51:16 -0500 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([70.55.81.74]) by tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20070209185115.SHNQ1723.tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.net@pastel.home> for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2007 13:51:15 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 4C8227F3F; Fri, 9 Feb 2007 13:51:15 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87ejozchb3.fsf@vh213602.truman.edu> (Jay Belanger's message of "Fri\, 09 Feb 2007 12\:33\:04 -0600") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.93 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: Solaris 8 (1) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:66186 Archived-At: >> In any case I completely agree that `e' should be renamed, maybe to >> something like `math-e'. > While the variables math-e and math-pi are not used, Calc has > functions defined with those names. (Not that it necessarily > matters.) Also, Calc uses the "math-" prefix extensively (under the > hood). Well, it was kind of the idea: move these things closer to Calc. Stefan PS: BTW, Eli, when you do trig in Emacs, do you use C-x C-e, M-:, ielm, M-x calculator, M-x calc, or yet something else?