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1 Aug 2024 06:22:05 EDT (-0400)
  Re: float/double precision  
From: Warp
Date: 25 Jan 2006 06:26:29
Message: <43d76065@news.povray.org>
dragonmage <dra### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> Does POVRay use double precision numbers anywhere in its fields or calcs?

  I wonder why you think that 'double' wouldn't be the default type used
by POV-Ray for its calculations.

  AFAIK the only places POV-Ray uses 'float' is in color handling (ie.
the colors of the final image, which end up as pixels in the final image
file) and mesh coordinates.

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                                                          - Warp


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