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6 Aug 2024 00:11:57 EDT (-0400)
  Re: to litle precision ?  
From: Xplo Eristotle
Date: 8 Aug 2002 15:49:12
Message: <3d52cb38@news.povray.org>
Warp wrote:
> Philippe Lhoste <Phi### [at] gmxnet> wrote:
> 
>>Now, it would be nice if somebody give a patch to correct some of these 
>>bugs, without affecting the regular behavior (speed, rendering)...
> 
> 
>   The example scene I posted does not show any bug. It simply shows that
> floating point calculations have limited accuracy. A bug is a programming
> mistake, and limited floating point accuracy is not a programming mistake.

It *seems* like a bug, though. Would it be possible/wise to make POV-Ray 
report when rounding errors like these occur, so that the user won't 
tear his hair out looking for bugs in POV-Ray or his scene?

-Xplo


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