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  Re: Possibility to assign photons to certain material?  
From: Severi Salminen
Date: 10 Feb 2004 17:02:16
Message: <402954e8$1@news.povray.org>
> Just my thoughts on this. I think inheritance in this case is
> a bad idea, especially if you combine it with 'target off'.
> The properties of an object can then change with
> the order in which the parts are added together.

I didn't quite follow you. Can you give an example?

> Photons as a material property makes sense, but that would
> probably mean a large rewrite of the code (if even possible).
> Also it may break existing code.

You can be 99.99% sure that it will never be implemented in present POV-Ray.
I believe it will be rewritten sooner or later anyway.

Severi


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