Thomas de Groot wrote:
> "clipka" <ano### [at] anonymousorg> schreef in bericht 
> news:4aef52aa@news.povray.org...
> 
>> Why? It only complicates matters; for instance, if you want to use 
>> different include files for different frames of an animation, having the 
>> same figure carry the same name is of an advantage.
>>
>> If it is about getting two figures of same base name in a single scene, it 
>> may be easier, too, as in:
>>
>> #declare MyFigures = array[10];
>> #local i = 1;
>> #while (i <= 10)
>>   #include concat("Beggar", str(i,0,0), "_POV_geom.inc");
>>   #declare MyFigures[i-1] = object { Beggar_ }
>>   #local i = i + 1;
>> #end
> 
> Well, it seems inconsistent to me. If I change the name of the file for one 
> reason or another (for instance because I changed the materials but want to 
> keep the original too at the same time), I expect the name of the figure to 
> change too in order to avoid inconsistencies and confusion later in the POV 
> scene.
> 
> Your example is of course also valid, so maybe this change should be 
> optional.
> 
> Thomas
> 
> 

I will look into making it optional if it relatively easy to do.

FlyerX

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