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13 Aug 2024 03:22:59 EDT (-0400)
  Re: trace() function feature req  
From: Ronald L  Parker
Date: 18 Nov 1998 20:04:32
Message: <36536e7d.13184496@news.povray.org>
On Wed, 18 Nov 1998 18:00:06 -0600, Dan Connelly <djc### [at] flashnet>
wrote:

>> ...Opinions on this, especially
>> from people who are using the rather bizarre current semantics,
>> are welcome.
>
>Since "=" is a float operator, and since float operations are
>operated over each element of a vector (for example,
><1, 2, 3> * 4), the current implementation makes sense.

It's consistent, yes, but surely you can't argue with a
straight face that it makes sense.  I think it'd be nice
to compare two vectors without having to muck with macros
(which incur a biggish parsing penalty)


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