[Bug 7417] New: Why use radians as opposed to degrees? Does this mean I can never draw a complete circle because I don't have enough bits to represent 2pi?

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=7417

           Summary: Why use radians as opposed to degrees?  Does this mean I
                    can never draw a complete circle because I don't have
                    enough bits to represent 2pi?
           Product: HTML WG
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
               URL: http://whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#dom-
                    context-2d-arc
        OS/Version: other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: HTML5 spec bugs
        AssignedTo: dave.null@w3.org
        ReportedBy: contributor@whatwg.org
         QAContact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org
                CC: ian@hixie.ch, mike@w3.org, public-html@w3.org


Section: http://whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#dom-context-2d-arc

Comment:
Why use radians as opposed to degrees?  Does this mean I can never draw a
complete circle because I don't have enough bits to represent 2pi?

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Received on Tuesday, 25 August 2009 00:57:51 UTC