Numeric degree and radian method aliases

[Dan Rathbun]

The following has been requested by one of my customers:

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class Numeric # open class for editing:

  alias_method(:deg2rad,:degrees) unless method_defined?(:deg2rad)

  alias_method(:rad2deg,:radians) unless method_defined?(:rad2deg)

end # class Numeric


They like using the "2" to mean "to"... but would the REAL Ruby way be more like:
deg_to_rad and rad_to_deg ??

[TIG]

Yes.

But both naming conventions work, so why not make them both...
They can use the one they prefer - 'the customer is always right' [even when they are wrong!]

[tt_su]

Modifying the core classes would not pass the moderation at the Extension Warehouse.

[Dan Rathbun]

Modifying the core classes would not pass the moderation at the Extension Warehouse.

I know.. I post here as a HINT, that the current names for the methods are not intuitive.

Aliases would be appreciated in a future API release.