From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: e Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 06:59:38 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <43a9101f-f1b3-4203-be56-b5a7ddcab6f7@default> References: <94A87F5A-F2F7-4FFB-9F9E-EC087EB6BAB9@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1446127207 22821 80.91.229.3 (29 Oct 2015 14:00:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 14:00:07 +0000 (UTC) To: Jean-Christophe Helary , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 29 14:59:55 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZrnkB-0006AF-ET for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 29 Oct 2015 14:59:55 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44234 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZrnkA-0006Yl-VG for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 29 Oct 2015 09:59:54 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48790) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zrnk6-0006YI-CQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Oct 2015 09:59:51 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zrnk2-0001SV-CF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Oct 2015 09:59:50 -0400 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:49595) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zrnk2-0001SR-4U for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Oct 2015 09:59:46 -0400 Original-Received: from userv0022.oracle.com (userv0022.oracle.com [156.151.31.74]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id t9TDxeBM014286 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 29 Oct 2015 13:59:40 GMT Original-Received: from aserv0121.oracle.com (aserv0121.oracle.com [141.146.126.235]) by userv0022.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id t9TDxe5K008985 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Thu, 29 Oct 2015 13:59:40 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0002.oracle.com (abhmp0002.oracle.com [141.146.116.8]) by aserv0121.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id t9TDxe5I011787; Thu, 29 Oct 2015 13:59:40 GMT In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9 (901082) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: userv0022.oracle.com [156.151.31.74] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 156.151.31.81 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:192900 Archived-At: > >> I was under the impression that e evaluated to 2.71828 or something in > >> Emacs. > > > > It's called float-e. >=20 > yes, but I was doing tests in ielm and I'm pretty sure I did not type flo= at- > e. It was clearly e, and after seeing e evaluated, I tried pi (which work= ed > then and works still). Your memory is correct. This was changed in Emacs 24. In Emacs 23 and pri= or, `e' is a predefined "constant". This is now called `float-e'.