From 8263140100409370798 X-Google-Thread: f78e5,4ba9dcb1ae436e16 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!transit.nntp.hccnet.nl!news.cambrium.nl!news.cambrium.nl!proxad.net!194.159.246.34.MISMATCH!peer-uk.news.demon.net!kibo.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!stump.algebra.com!devnull From: ab4ds@hotmail.com ("adeht") Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: Pi, Euler Number, and perhaps other 'natural' constants? Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 16:23:41 GMT Organization: Bezeq International Ltd. Lines: 13 Sender: mail2news@demon.net Approved: fjh@cs.mu.oz.au (Fergus Henderson , moderator of comp.std.c++) Message-ID: <4107787c@news.bezeqint.net> References: <5cydnSisJNo4yJncRVn-sQ@speakeasy.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.news.demon.net X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 1091031826 20422 158.152.254.254 (28 Jul 2004 16:23:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 16:23:46 +0000 (UTC) X-Robomod: STUMP, ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 X-Priority: 3 X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: bzq-218-216-131.red.bezeqint.net X-Received: (from fjh@localhost) by mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.9/Submit) id i6SGNfIV020928; Thu, 29 Jul 2004 02:23:41 +1000 (EST) X-Path: comp-std-cpp-robomod!not-for-mail X-Delivered-To: std-c++@ucar.edu X-Spamscanner: mailbox1.ucsd.edu (v1.4 May 20 2004 13:55:33, 3.2/5.0 2.63) X-Authentication-Warning: mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU: fjh set sender to devnull@stump.algebra.com using -f X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-ESAFE-STATUS: Mail clean X-Original-Trace: 28 Jul 2004 12:57:16 +0300, bzq-218-216-131.red.bezeqint.net X-ESAFE-DETAILS: Clean X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60-mulga_r1 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.8 required=5.2 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, FORGED_HOTMAIL_RCVD2,PRIORITY_NO_NAME autolearn=no version=2.60-mulga_r1 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Spam-Level: X-Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ X-MailScanner: PASSED (v1.2.8 57504 i6S9ufB2071660 mailbox1.ucsd.edu) Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.std.c++:1475 A function getpi() might be better than a double, since some architectures have an instruction for loading the Pi value (i.e. FLDPI on IA32). Both a double and getpi() are not constant expressions though. To do that, we need the preprocessor. --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://www.jamesd.demon.co.uk/csc/faq.html ]