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Re: physic constants (0.9.3)
> I'd like to see the solar mass (about 2e30 kg) go into the table of
> constan= ts. It has AU and pc, but the one big thing missing is solar
> mass.
I accept patches ;-)
Extra values can be added to the gsl-constants list in const/const.el
e.g.
bjg|debian> cvs diff -u const/const.el doc/const.texi
Index: const/const.el
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/gsl/gsl/const/const.el,v
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -u -r1.10 const.el
--- const.el 2001/09/25 14:16:40 1.10
+++ const.el 2001/09/25 14:39:05
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
("R" "ROENTGEN")
("rd" "RAD")
-
+ ("1.98892e30 kg" "SOLAR_MASS")
)
)
Index: doc/const.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/gsl/gsl/doc/const.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.12
diff -u -r1.12 const.texi
--- const.texi 2001/09/14 21:47:17 1.12
+++ const.texi 2001/09/25 14:39:05
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@
@item GSL_CONST_MKS_GRAV_ACCEL
The standard gravitational acceleration on Earth, @math{g}.
+
+@item GSL_CONST_MKS_SOLAR_MASS
+The mass of the Sun.
@end table
@node Atomic and Nuclear Physics