POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : #include Bug ? : Re: #include Bug ? Server Time
11 Aug 2024 13:22:52 EDT (-0400)
  Re: #include Bug ?  
From: Ken
Date: 10 Jul 1999 00:15:01
Message: <3786C879.E92897C6@pacbell.net>
Ron Parker wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 09 Jul 1999 14:58:11 -0700, Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote:
> 
> >
> >Is this a bug ?
> >
> >If you create a file named pov.inc and then add the line #include "pov.inc"
> >rendering the file pov.inc will crash the program with a fatal error. This
> >happens on all 5 versions of povwin I have installed on my system v3.01, v3.1b,
3.1dwatcom,
> >v3.1dmsvc6, and v3.1e. I am running win 98 on a p200mmx 128m ram.
> 
> I get "Error: too many nested include files" and a clean abort on
> every version I've tried, including a win 3.1e, two different builds
> of win 3.1g, and the current Windows and Linux superpatches.  This was
> a bug in 3.1a and earlier, but it was fixed in 3.1b.
> 
> Does the file you're working with contain anything besides the single
> line (#include "pov.inc")?

  3.1e does indeed quit with a too many nested warning like you describe.
I have too many older versions laying around on my hard drive(s) :{

-- 
Ken Tyler

mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net


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