"Warp" wrote:
>   I think that your current approach is ok. An array
> of 100 or even 1000 vectors doesn't take too much memory
> (in current computers we have plenty), but copying arrays
> too often is too slow with POV-SDL

That was my impression.

>   If there are hundreds of splines, each one of them
> containing 101 points, then the waste of memory is really
> considerably, so I think there should be a way of telling
> the macro the amount of points to reserve

As I said, this is already possible. To quote myself:

"It wastes a small amount of ressources, but in most cases
nothing worth mentioning. In cases where it's an issue it
is still possible to specify the number of points. It's
optional."

>   This could be just a macro which is called before
> specifying the points (like the one in your earlier
> suggestion).

That's how it is. :)

Rune
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