Le Forgeron <jgr### [at] freefr> wrote:
> I believe the document is speaking about phong/glossy/finish effects
> generated on the object by the area light: the highlight generated
> on a shining sphere would be identical with an <area light> or a
> <point light>.

  No, it's talking about *all* direct illumination.

> and the
> difference might be small, even too small to notice.

  It's easy to construct a scene where the difference is very notable.
As I already quoted in my previous post to this thread:

http://warp.povusers.org/images/arealight.jpg
http://warp.povusers.org/images/lightgrid.jpg

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                                                          - Warp

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