abs() is missing from the API

[fjenett]

abs() is missing from App and Proxy. I know it's available thru -123.abs but i think since sin(), cos() and others are available it's confusing.

[monkstone]

Just use the ruby (you know it makes sense) or the penny might have dropped by now?

[jashkenas]

Yep -- the Ruby versions are preferred to the Java ones.

[fjenett]

true, although Processing's success is largly due to it's simplifications .. not only in terms of syntax but also in terms of being intuitive.

anyways for people missing the methods or if you change your mind:

class Processing::App

  ["abs","ceil","floor","round"].each do |meth|
    method = <<-EOS
        def #{meth}( obj )
          obj.#{meth} if obj.methods.include? "#{meth}"
        end
      EOS
      eval method  
  end

end