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Re: New approach to annex D of the 754-R proposal.

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Subject: Re: New approach to annex D of the 754-R proposal.
From: David Hough 754R work <754r@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:17:55 -0700 (PDT)
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[ - atan2(x,y) ]
   returns the angle in radians in [0, 2*Pi[


One really doesn't want that range.    Much better to have the range
be [-Pi, +Pi] to preserve significant figures in the result.

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