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  Re: Warn About Naming Conflicts?  
From: Alain
Date: 7 Dec 2006 19:47:43
Message: <4578b62f$1@news.povray.org>
Florian Brucker nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 07/12/2006 10:21:
> nemesis wrote:
>> OTOH, is there real need for a single file with 50+ parameters?  Must the
>> user actually set all of those any time they call the include?

>> If they are needed, then it's not much better than a 50+ parameter macro
>> call, except parameters are named.

> Most of them have sensible default values, so normally you don't need to
> change all of them for every run. But it depends on the scene which
> parameters you have to tweak, so using a fixed declare/parameter
> combination is not feasible. If those include files were for public use
> I'd create a more userfriendly interface by reducing the possible
> parameters. But these are rather experimental files for trying out
> different algorithms, so I prefer the freedom over the simplicity :)


> Regards,
> Florian

An example of an include that can need 50+ parameters: blob man. Most parameters 
have default values, you only change those you need using many #declare.

-- 
Alain
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