[boost] Re: Math Constants revisited

From: Gennaro Prota (gennaro_prota_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-07-10 11:06:06

On Wed, 10 Jul 2002 02:23:50 -0700, Alex Rosenberg <alexr_at_[hidden]>
wrote:

>on 7/7/02 11:18 PM, Paul A. Bristow at boost_at_[hidden] wrote:
>
>> Some time ago I started what became a long discussion about the presentation
>> of math constants, like pi.
>
>It would be best to offer up a constant for pi that "matches" the one used
>in the provided transcendental functions (sin, cos, etc.)

Sorry if this is a silly question that arises from the fact that I
missed the original discussion, but what's the problem with obtaining
such a value through std :: acos(-1) ?

Genny.