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5 Aug 2024 12:21:04 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Possible bug: negative sphere radius  
From: Thorsten Froehlich
Date: 22 Sep 2002 04:21:07
Message: <3d8d7d73@news.povray.org>
In article <pHt### [at] econymdemoncouk> , Mike Williams 
<mik### [at] econymdemoncouk>  wrote:

> This could easily be achieved by
> taking the abs() of the radius as the sphere is parsed.

I agree that something like this should indeed work.  Probably taking the
absolute value and if the radius was negative there is an implied "inverse".

That would fix the current inconsistency and create what is probably
intended by specifying a negative radius.

    Thorsten

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