Trig functions

[Moritz Lenz]

Hello,

Am 17.09.2010 00:59, schrieb Paul C. Anagnostopoulos:
> At 9/16/2010 05:32 PM, Andrew Whitworth wrote:
>> I'm not against creating ops like this, but I would suggest instead
>> creating them as dynops. In fact, I would be happy to see all the trig
>> and hyperbolic trig ops moved to dynops, if they aren't already.
>
> The existing operations are dynops. We would simply be adding additional
> ones.
>
> Note that all these trig functions are provided by the Complex PMC.

Just as a data point from a language writer: Rakudo defines its own 
Complex type, because it was easier to get the dispatch right that way. 
Only a few otherwise costly functions are privately re-dispatched to 
parrot's Complex PMC.

So we Rakudo developers don't see much need for more trig methods in the 
Complex PMC (I don't know if there is a need for real trig 
functions/methods, but so far we've successfully worked around the lack 
of them). Of course they don't hurt either.

Cheers,
Moritz