Thorsten Froehlich wrote:

> In article <401293d6@news.povray.org> , Wolfgang Wieser <wwi### [at] gmxde>
> wrote:
> 
>> The following IMAGE_MAP_MODs are recognized by POVRay and not mentioned
>> in the docu:
>>
>>     repeat <u,v>
>>     offset <u,v>
>>
>> I suggest adding them to the docu together with some explanation on
>> what they are good for.
> 
> As there "features" are the result of an apparent accident probably when
> merging some ancient MegaPOV sources into 3.5 during its development, it
> would be fatal to declare them to official features just because they
> exist.
> Without testing, they should neither be added nor used at all!  Nor should
> their design be regarded final or acceptable without review.
>
I see. 

The problem is that in order to test them, it would be good to 
have some docu which clearly states what they are meant to do. 

Otherwise they may end up in being some undocumented secred feature 
or people forget about it... 

Wolfgang

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