Program ended abnormally on 16/12/2003 17:08, Due to a catastrophic Tom
Melly error:

> According to the docs (6.1.5.5)
> 
> "For example...
> color My_Color red 0.5
> this substitutes whatever was the red component of My_Color with a red
> component of 0.5 however...
> color My_Color + red 0.5
> adds 0.5 to the red component of My_Color"
> 
> But the following scene seems to contradict this:
> 
> #version 3.5;
> 
> #declare MyCol1=  <1,1,0>;
> #declare MyCol2=  <0,0,1>;
> 
> //Legal
> #declare MyCol1a= MyCol1 * MyCol2;
> 
> // All non-legal
> //#declare MyCol1b= MyCol1 * blue 0.5;
> //#declare MyCol1c= MyCol1 blue 0.5;
> //#declare MyCol1d= MyCol1 MyCol2;
> 
> ... so, is this a bug in pov, the docs, or my understanding of them?

Hard to say where the bug lies, but the behaviour does contradict the docs.


-- 
/*Francois Labreque*/#local a=x+y;#local b=x+a;#local c=a+b;#macro P(F//
/*    flabreque    */L)polygon{5,F,F+z,L+z,L,F pigment{rgb 9}}#end union
/*        @        */{P(0,a)P(a,b)P(b,c)P(2*a,2*b)P(2*b,b+c)P(b+c,<2,3>)
/*   videotron.ca  */}camera{orthographic location<6,1.25,-6>look_at a }

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