Paranoia starts with \(0\) and \(1\), converted from integer values. This block defines a bag of useful constants used throughout the code. The value \(240\) is a handy multiple of \(8\), \(10\), and \(16\) that we'll find useful later.
# PARANOIA EXECUTION BEGINS
verbose |= ultra_verbose # if it's ultra, it's verbose, too
# Small floating point constants built from coerced integers.
ZERO = float(0)
ONE = float(1)
TWO = ONE + ONE
THREE = TWO + ONE
FOUR = THREE + ONE
FIVE = FOUR + ONE
EIGHT = FOUR + FOUR
NINE = THREE * THREE
TWENTY_SEVEN = NINE * THREE
THIRTY_TWO = FOUR * EIGHT
TWOFORTY = FOUR * FIVE * THREE * FOUR
MINUS_ONE = -ONE
ONE_HALF = ONE / TWO
ONE_AND_HALF = ONE + ONE_HALF