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31 Jul 2024 14:30:49 EDT (-0400)
  Re: A new SDL Idea  
From: Warp
Date: 17 Oct 2007 06:45:42
Message: <4715e7d6@news.povray.org>
Alain <ele### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
> As a mesh IS an object, you can use: object MyMesh = import3DS("MyObject.3ds") 
> without any problem nor any conflict.
> Here, import3DS(...) is a new function that return a mesh object from a .3DS 
> file. It can have a different name if the developing team prefer, such as:
> load3DS, loadfrom3DS, ... or load_object(<object_type>, "Object_Name")

  The important thing, IMO, is that it doesn't hard-code that what is
returned by the function is precisely a mesh. It should be more abstract
than that.

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                                                          - Warp


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