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Re: [pygame] 2D Vector Class

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Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 15:41:11 +1200
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Ulf Ekström wrote:

> That [complex number trick] seems very smart, and I imagine it is very fast...
Yes, and you get fast rotations with just a multiply.


Only for 2D, though... unless we can persuade Guido
to put quaternions in the core... :-)

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References:
- [pygame] 2D Vector Class
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- Re: [pygame] 2D Vector Class
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- Re: [pygame] 2D Vector Class
  - From: Brian Fisher
- Re: [pygame] 2D Vector Class
  - From: Ulf Ekström

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