From 16a2d2cb8c7fac8a64b76856dd7c1af343957a21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2016 06:50:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Issue 4961/4: Simplify polar->rectangular

---
 scm/lily-library.scm | 10 ++--------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scm/lily-library.scm b/scm/lily-library.scm
index 574b85437e..bbbe3cc53a 100644
--- a/scm/lily-library.scm
+++ b/scm/lily-library.scm
@@ -776,14 +776,8 @@ right (@var{dir}=+1)."
 
 (define-public (polar->rectangular radius angle-in-degrees)
   "Return polar coordinates (@var{radius}, @var{angle-in-degrees})
-as rectangular coordinates @ode{(x-length . y-length)}."
-
-  (let ((complex (make-polar
-                  radius
-                  (degrees->radians angle-in-degrees))))
-    (cons
-     (real-part complex)
-     (imag-part complex))))
+as rectangular coordinates @code{(x-length . y-length)}."
+  (ly:directed angle-in-degrees radius))
 
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