[erlang-questions] inlining math:pi()

[Zoltan Lajos Kis]

Or a parse transform? :)

Tony Arcieri wrote:
> Use a macro?
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> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 8:31 AM, James Hague <james.hague@REDACTED> wrote:
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>> I tend to use math:pi/0 a lot in code I'm writing. The math module is
>> essentially all BIFs, except math:pi/0, which is simple:
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>>   pi() -> 3.1415926535897932.
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>> If this constant could simply be inlined at compile time, it would
>> improve the generated code quite a bit. Two examples:
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>> 1. "math:pi() * 2" could be a constant, instead of a call to an
>> external function and causing a float to be heap allocated.
>> 2. "{100.0, 50.0, math:pi()}" could be a constant term, instead of
>> having to be constructed at runtime.
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>> Perhaps there's a more general need for what are essentially "constant
>> BIFs"?
>>
>> James
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