pj_phi2(): speed-up computation (and thus inverse ellipsoidal Mercator and LCC) #2052
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This does not change the numeric values returned by the method,
as far as I could see on a few samplings.
The tricks used save a call to sin() and atan() at each iteration.
This directly affects speed of inverse Mercator and LCC (among others),
in their ellipsoidal formulation.
Timings on inverse Mercator show a 31% speed-up at mid-latitudes
where pj_phi2() needs 5 iterations, and 24% at latitudes close to 0 or
90deg where it needs one iteration.