- From: Tab Atkins Jr. via GitHub <sysbot+gh@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2017 21:36:17 +0000
- To: public-css-archive@w3.org
There's no reason to focus on `rad` here. We have `turn`, it eliminates the irrational factor, it just uses tau (aka a factor of 2) instead of pi. Adding `pirad` would just be adding a half-`turn`, which isn't worthwhile *since we already have `turn`*. The usefulness of `rad` is in allowing JS to output values directly into CSS without having to go thru extra conversions; whether they use degrees or radians, they're covered, they just have to append the right unit to the number they've obtained from their trig operations. If you're a human, you probably shouldn't be writing `rad` values at all, for the reasons you already mentioned. You should be using `deg` or `turn`, as both are human-friendly in different ways. Adding a pi-rad or half-turn for additional human friendliness doesn't give enough benefit for the cost here. -- GitHub Notification of comment by tabatkins Please view or discuss this issue at https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/309#issuecomment-328665734 using your GitHub account
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