Importing variables non-deterministic?

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Le mardi 20 août 2013 08:55:18 UTC+2, Antoon Pardon a écrit :
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> > If you consider the implementation of sin and cos functions, they usually 
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> > principle, change the implementation of sin, cos and tan.
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> Antoon Pardon

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Not really, see my previous post. This is only a geometric
interpretation, useless for calculation.

Consequence of an implementation: common trick to use
and/or define pi:

>>> const_pi = 4 * atan(1)
>>> const_pi
3.141592653589793

jmf