POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.advanced-users : Spline Macro System : Re: Spline Macro System Server Time
2 Nov 2024 17:18:44 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Spline Macro System  
From: Chris Colefax
Date: 13 Mar 2000 17:58:35
Message: <38cd729b@news.povray.org>
Sigmund Kyrre Aas <as### [at] studntnuno> wrote:
> I've been fooling around with your spline macro, and I must say it is a
very
> capable inc. Makes one think why some of the more important (and parser
> unfriendly) features aren't in the binary.  Don't get me wrong - your
macro
> performs excellent. Only one comment on your code: I see you're writing
> persistance, but that's probably a down under-thing..?

Of course, SuperPOV and MegaPOV both include the patch for user declared
spline paths.  My specific aim, though, was *not* to simply provide the same
functionality for the official version - macros can be very powerful, and I
would have to say that sometimes they are a better choice all 'round than
modifying the binary.

As for the persistent variables - the main use is to give users the ability
to use named macro arguments.  Yes, it's a hack - but I think it works
pretty well!  In other places I did have to change some #local commands,
because certain versions of POV-Ray don't properly support locally declaring
a variable when there is a higher level variable of the same name, but
different type.


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