> But that is the exception, not the rule. The vast majority of include
> files would have no significant benefit from an inclusion guard outside
> the include.

I'm still not so sure about that, but it depends if you're talking
about SDL-Includes, like Rune's Particle System, Colefax's files
etc, or about objects, so if you're talking about the first kind
of files, then you're right, and I would agree.
But for the more professional users (talking of guys who are likely
to make money off of their images), I think that multi-megabyte
files aren't the exception, but rather the rule.
So I guess it depends on the situtation and perspective, like
if we talk about general POV Users (which I think you are) or
about those that try to accompany POVs capabilities with
the flexibility of modelling with other tools (which I am).

Would that be fine for us both to agree on? I like to have
settled and calm endings to different points of view, that's why
I'm asking...

--
Tim Nikias
Homepage: http://www.digitaltwilight.de/no_lights/index.html
Email: Tim### [at] gmxde

>
> > > None of the standard includes are. Dealing with such files is quite rare
> > > for most people, it is the exception, not the rule.
> >
> > I wouldn't say that. Many of those who use external programs
> > like sPatch (though that one doesn't export triangles) export
> > to a lot of triangles once they are converted with sufficient
> > resolution. Heck, my "Gerberas" Image required some thousands
> > of triangles for the petals, the vase, the background...
>
> But that is the exception, not the rule. The vast majority of include
> files would have no significant benefit from an inclusion guard outside
> the include.
>
> --
> Christopher James Huff <cja### [at] earthlinknet>
> http://home.earthlink.net/~cjameshuff/
> POV-Ray TAG: chr### [at] tagpovrayorg
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