POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : pov source gcc3 problem : Re: pov source gcc3 problem Server Time
6 Aug 2024 02:18:58 EDT (-0400)
  Re: pov source gcc3 problem  
From: Pandora
Date: 8 Aug 2002 18:41:02
Message: <3d52f37e@news.povray.org>
"Christopher James Huff" <chr### [at] maccom> wrote in message
news:chr### [at] netplexaussieorg...
> In article <3d5202ff$1@news.povray.org>,
>  "Pandora" <pan### [at] pandora-softwarecom> wrote:
>
> >     It's a workaround because the POV source code is not C++ code
>
> Your information is out of date, POV 3.5 requires C++.

    It seems it is. I haven't taken a look at the 3.5 source yet - have had
the 3.1 source for ages, compiled it once, never touched it since.

> Templates aren't a workaround, they are the correct solution.

    Indeed so.

    I still stand by the statement that "templated min/max functions _could_
be seen as a workaround" in some contexts though.

--
Pandora/Scott Hill/[::O:M:C::]Scorpion
Software Engineer.
http://www.pandora-software.com


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