USING: help.markup help.syntax math.functions math ; IN: math.libm ARTICLE: "math.libm" "C standard library math functions" "The words in the " { $vocab-link "math.libm" } " vocabulary call C standard library math functions. They are used to implement words in the " { $vocab-link "math.functions" } " vocabulary." { $warning "These functions are unsafe. The compiler special-cases them to operate on floats only. They can be called directly, however there is little reason to do so, since they only implement real-valued functions, and in some cases place restrictions on the domain:" { $example "USE: math.functions" "2.0 acos ." "C{ 0.0 1.316957896924817 }" } { $unchecked-example "USE: math.libm" "2.0 facos ." "0/0." } } "Trigonometric functions:" { $subsections fcos fsin facos fasin fatan fatan2 } "Hyperbolic functions:" { $subsections fcosh fsinh } "Exponentials and logarithms:" { $subsections fexp flog flog10 } "Powers:" { $subsections fpow fsqrt } ; ABOUT: "math.libm" HELP: facos { $values { "x" real } { "y" real } } { $description "Calls the inverse trigonometric cosine function from the C standard library. User code should call " { $link acos } " instead." } ; HELP: fasin { $values { "x" real } { "y" real } } { $description "Calls the inverse trigonometric sine function from the C standard library. User code should call " { $link asin } " instead." } ; HELP: fatan { $values { "x" real } { "y" real } } { $description "Calls the inverse trigonometric tangent function from the C standard library. User code should call " { $link atan } " instead." } ; HELP: fatan2 { $values { "x" real } { "y" real } { "z" real } } { $description "Calls the two-parameter inverse trigonometric tangent function from the C standard library. User code should call " { $link arg } " instead." } ; HELP: fcos { $values { "x" real } { "y" real } } { $description "Calls the trigonometric cosine function from the C standard library. User code should call " { $link cos } " instead." } ; HELP: fsin { $values { "x" real } { "y" real } } { $description "Calls the trigonometric sine function from the C standard library. User code should call " { $link sin } " instead." } ; HELP: fcosh { $values { "x" real } { "y" real } } { $description "Calls the hyperbolic cosine function from the C standard library. User code should call " { $link cosh } " instead." } ; HELP: fsinh { $values { "x" real } { "y" real } } { $description "Calls the hyperbolic sine function from the C standard library. User code should call " { $link sinh } " instead." } ; HELP: fexp { $values { "x" real } { "y" real } } { $description "Calls the exponential function (" { $snippet "y=e^x" } " from the C standard library. User code should call " { $link exp } " instead." } ; HELP: flog { $values { "x" real } { "y" real } } { $description "Calls the natural logarithm function from the C standard library. User code should call " { $link log } " instead." } ; HELP: flog10 { $values { "x" real } { "y" real } } { $description "Calls the base 10 logarithm function from the C standard library. User code should call " { $link log10 } " instead." } ; HELP: fpow { $values { "x" real } { "y" real } { "z" real } } { $description "Calls the power function (" { $snippet "z=x^y" } ") from the C standard library. User code should call " { $link ^ } " instead." } ; HELP: fsqrt { $values { "x" real } { "y" real } } { $description "Calls the square root function from the C standard library. User code should call " { $link sqrt } " instead." } ;