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While we're at it, when will someone do a OOP-POV ???
dot separated keywords and so on.
int photon.mapsize
int photon.level
vector camera.look_at
vector camera.postition
Well, I think it would be useful in some cases, and less so in
others.(as is most things)
Mike wrote:
>
> How about giving us the new keywords and a little about what they
> control and we could probably come to a consensus? Either that, or just
> think to yourself, if I was just using the program and not writing it,
> what would make sense to me.
>
> I think some good examples are the keywords for radiosity. Like
> grey_threshold could just be grey. 100% grey is no color. Simpler but
> makes sense. I think minimum_reuse could just be reuse.
>
> I agree with Ron that it's customary for reserved keywords to use all
> lowercase and user defined terms should start with a Cap. So be
> specific. People can change variable names that conflict with them;
> that's what the message window is for. ;)
>
> -Mike
>
> > Anyone else out there have any opinions on this... right now I have a lot of
> > keywords WITH underscores... my reason for this is that the more specific
> > I make the keyword, the less likely it will be that it conflicts with
> > somebody's variable name. You know... now that I think about it, maybe I
> > should ditch some of those extra-long keywords. (One of the reasons I
> > dislike COBOL is the long keywords.) If somebody wants to use one of my
> > reserved words for a variable name, too bad. ;-)
> >
> > -Nathan
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#declare life = rand(seed(42))*sqrt(-1);
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