Nick Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Robert Bradshaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> On May 21, 2007, at 8:30 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>>>>>>> Also is there a way to switch between 'radian' and 'degree' modes
>>>>>>> like
>>>>>>> in some calculators?
>>>
>>> I'm not sure whether we should add support for this or not... how
>>> useful would it be? Do any of the M's do this?
>>>
>>> Thanks for the input and feedback,
>>
>> I would argue against this. Global modes are in general something I  
>> think should be avoided, and especially for something like this  
>> (imagine if something used sin in its plot method, would it have to  
>> be mode aware? Something that uses sin to do fourier transformations  
>> internally?) Also, would the derivatives, simplifications, etc. have  
>> to respect radian vs. degree mode?
>
> -1 to global state.

That should be -57.2957795130823.

Nick

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