POV-Ray: Newsgroups: povray.general: abs()?: abs()?

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From: Tim Cook
Date: 15 Nov 2005 17:41:02
Message: <437a63fe$1@news.povray.org>

From the documentation:

"abs(A) Absolute value of A. If A is negative, returns -A otherwise 
returns A."

er...that isn't what absolute value is.  absolute value of A is +A, if A 
is negative, the absolute value is +A, not -A.  is the behaviour of POV 
or the documentation incorrect?

-- 
Tim Cook
http://home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-empyrean

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