<jwo### [at] attbicom> wrote:
> > No sooner said than done!
> > // Script without so many locals ("Spam, spam, spam and eggs spam hasn't
got
> > too much spam in it"...)
> > #local C=1000000;
> > #while(C)
> >    do_stuff( C );
> >    do_stuff( C - 1 );
> >    do_stuff( C - 2 );
> >    ...
> >    do_stuff( C - 8 );
> >    do_stuff( C - 9 );
> >    do_stuff( C - 10 );
> >    #local C = C - 10;
> > #end
>
> Are you aware that calling macro usually isn't faster than perform float
> #local in current pov parser ?
>
> ABX

The do_stuff( x - y) statements are place holders, they are not meant to
represent an additional macro call. Think of them as pseudo-code, in order
to discuss the topic. If you had planned to execute a sphere{} instruction a
million times, then replace the do_stuff statements with sphere{} statements
TEN times (for the last guy who pointed out an off-by-one error).

As far as performance between declaring a variable, and calling a macro, I
haven't written anything to test that out.

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