From: chris@... Date: 2021-01-01T15:54:25+00:00 Subject: [ruby-core:101859] [Ruby master Feature#17496] Add constant Math::TAU Issue #17496 has been updated by chrisseaton (Chris Seaton). It's difficult to work out if this is a genuine proposal or a meme. Surely Jabari is joking when they say 'you must find your own way to acceptance, because others already have'? Is this a mathematical argument or a sort of play on cults? A lot of the language you're using and used in the 'manifesto' also just seem like huge red flags that a joke is being played on busy software maintainers here. The manifesto itself admits it's 'quirky, quixotic', and it definitely seems more fun that serious proposal. The Python bug tracker issue seems to have lots of people who think it's just a joke. Can you clarify if this is a serious proposal, and if so explain why it seems to have so many red flags both to people here and for example in the Python issue tracker? Or is it half serious proposal and half something whimsical as well? Because I can't read the tone and I think others can't as well. Can you help give some frank context? ---------------------------------------- Feature #17496: Add constant Math::TAU https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/17496#change-89696 * Author: jzakiya (Jabari Zakiya) * Status: Rejected * Priority: Normal ---------------------------------------- Excuse me if this has been brought up before. This is a simple proposal to add the math constant ``Math::TAU`` = 2*``Math::PI``. See: https://tauday.com/ ``TAU`` has been included in a growing number of languages (Rust, Python3, Julia, et al), and this would add Ruby to that list, and make it even cooler. :-) -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/ Unsubscribe: