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  Re: Feature Re-requests - Normal Map and Displacement Map Support  
From: Warp
Date: 2 Feb 2008 11:34:21
Message: <47a49b8d@news.povray.org>
Nicolas Alvarez <nic### [at] gmailisthebestcom> wrote:
> In the C++ code, each object would have 'trace ray', 'is point inside 
> shape', etc. and a new 'get isosurface function'. Of course it would be 
> impossible or very hard to implement for some objects (like text or 
> julia_fractal).

  The C++ core code should go towards a simpler, not a more complicated
design.

  What's wrong in having all those functions for every primitive as a
simple library of functions?

-- 
                                                          - Warp


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