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11 Aug 2024 15:15:26 EDT (-0400)
  Re: #declared Object Usage  
From: Margus Ramst
Date: 1 Jul 1999 07:11:11
Message: <377B4CF4.FE2407F6@peak.edu.ee>
Well, I've noticed this too, and never wondered. If it works, why bother?
It's not very useful, though, as you cannot modify the declared object upon
instancing.

Margus

Ken wrote:
> 
>   When did this become legal syntax and why ?
> 
> #declare B = box {-1,1}
>  B
> 
>   I have always been under the impression a declared object needed
> to be wrapped in an object statment to work properly.
> 
> e.g. object {B}
> 
> --
> Ken Tyler
> 
> mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net


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