"Steely" <nomail@nomail> wrote in message
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> Hi there!
>
> Just out of curiousity: while you are free to define nearly everything

this:
>
> #local my_shape =
> sphere { ... }
> // inside the my_shape.inc
>
> and
>
> #include "my_shape.inc"
> object {my_shape}
> // inside the main .pov-file
>

> work?
>
> Thanks
>
> Steely
>

#local is for things that are only available in the file (or in the case of
a macro, available only in the macro) which they are defined in, to my
understanding. if you want it to be available from an included file, it has
to be #declared

3.1.2.2.2  #declare vs. #local

-ross

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