| 07:53 | <BrownJenkin> | is it worth suggesting Math.TAU? i have to Math.TAU = 2 * Math.PI at the top every time. |
| 08:18 | <Domenic> | https://esdiscuss.org/topic/math-tau |
| 08:20 | <Domenic> | https://github.com/rwaldron/tc39-notes/blob/master/meetings/2014-07/jul-31.md#51-mathtau |
| 09:44 | <BrownJenkin> | lame. |
| 09:45 | <BrownJenkin> | even python got a math.tau |
| 10:39 | <rkirsling> | wow, the relevant Python issue number for that was apparently 12345: https://bugs.python.org/issue12345 |
| 10:41 | <rkirsling> | lol, Guido on 2016-08-10: "I'm just going to do this." benevolent dictator indeed |
| 10:42 | <rkirsling> | to be fair, that was a full two years after the above TC39 discussion (which itself was before the current TC39 Process began) |
| 10:44 | <rkirsling> | prior art is important, so I think it'd be valid to reraise; the presentation would just require usage data |
| 10:46 | <rkirsling> | ('cause one figures it would basically either get blocked at Stage 0 or go straight to Stage 3) |
| 10:54 | <rkirsling> | as usual, it sucks that github search is so useless |
| 11:34 | <annevk> | The rationale there is pretty weak too "might make Python popular" |
| 12:11 | <bakkot> | github search is pretty decent these days I think - https://github.com/search?q=language%3Apython+math.tau&type=code |
| 12:40 | <annevk> | bakkot: if you compare that to results for math.pi it really doesn't seem worth the time |
| 12:55 | <BrownJenkin> | it's a line of code |
| 12:56 | <BrownJenkin> | how much time is that? |
| 13:01 | <Andreu Botella> | it might be a line of code for you to polyfill, but to add it to the language takes consensus and definitely more than one line in the spec and in browsers' code |
| 13:34 | <rkirsling> | the time in question here is primarily referring to the fact that the committee has finite time to consider proposals in general |
| 13:36 | <rkirsling> | if we spent an hour battling over whether this is worth it, that'd be an hour we didn't spend talking about another proposal, which could potentially mean that some other proposal comes to fruition months later than it otherwise would have |
| 13:36 | <annevk> | it's also the time for people writing educational material, tests, implementations, web developers trying to understand code, etc. |
| 13:37 | <rkirsling> | you're not wrong but I feel like it's not hard to find people passionate enough about tau to do that willingly :p |
| 14:01 | <BrownJenkin> | it might be a line of code for you to polyfill, but to add it to the language takes consensus and definitely more than one line in the spec and in browsers' code |
| 17:33 | <ljharb> | i would LOVE to add Math.TAU but yeah it'll be a tough sell for some, even tho it's literally just a property and a number |
| 23:36 | <jasew> | https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/66770 |