On 18.05.11 21:00, SGeier wrote:
> *IF* you are making reference to this sentence:
>
>    "By default POV-Ray searches only for the first surface which the ray
> intersects. But when using an isosurface in CSG operations, the other
> surfaces must also be found. Therefore, the keyword max_trace must be added
> to the isosurface statement. It must be followed by an integer value.
>
> *THEN* I'd like to point out that this sentence is false:

The sentence is true and correct for 3.6 as well as 3.7. What is wrong is 
your interpretation of what you are seeing without knowing the inner 
workings of POV-Ray by making assumptions about the inner workings that are 
false.

> Of course there is no reason why 3.7 should conform to the 3.6
> documentation.

You can be certain POV-Ray conforms to this part of the documentation, be it 
3.6 or 3.7.

> Which makes it a bit disingenous to point people to the 3.6
> docs when they ask questions about 3.7 regarding behaviour *that is
> definitely in conflict with the 3.6 documentation*.

No.

It certainly helps to read the documentation when being pointed to it, 
rather than complain about being helped ... add all_intersections and just 
be happy.

	Thorsten

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