`coord_polar()` and `coord_radial()` break normal conventions about measuring angles

[jdonland]

Currently, coord_polar() and coord_radial() count angles in radians, but start from north instead of east, and direction = -1 means the positive direction. Is there a reason for this idiosyncratic approach?

[teunbrand]

Not that I know of. As far as I can tell the transformation has had its current form since inception. However, this issue tracker is used to track bugs and feature requests; discussion is best facilitated elsewhere, like the posit community. For this reason, I'll close this issue here.