I'm not telling you what to do, I'm telling you what I like to do. Yes, I do sometimes use (pi * d^2)/4. It's not more efficient, and I didn't claim it was (though if I were concerned with efficiency I could argue that pi * d is a pleasingly simple way to calculate circumference).
I'm sorry that my personal idiosyncrasy bothers you so much.
I'm sorry that my personal idiosyncrasy bothers you so much.