Philippe Debar wrote:
> 
> This problem greatly decreases the value of the #local declaration: you
> can't have a local identifier with a different data type from a same-named
> global identifier.
> 
> e.g. you can't:
> 
> (main file) #declare anItem=4;
> (include file) #local anItem="test"

This feature also exists in 3.1.watcom.win32.r1 ( Windows 95 ).

Note doing an #undef anItem  before #local prevents the error
message.

An example of an error-generating file :

------- local_test.pov -------------
#declare a = pigment { color rgb 0.5 } 

#include "local_test.inc"

camera { location 3 look_at 0 }
light_source { 4 color 1 }
sphere { 0, 1 pigment { a } }
------------------------------------

------- local_test.inc -------------
#local a = 4;   // this line generates an error
------------------------------------

Dan
PII 128MB W95

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