On 7/3/2013 5:06 PM, James Holsenback wrote:
> On 07/03/2013 04:26 PM, Todd Carnes wrote:
>> It is not contradictory nor is it complicated to understand. It just
>> means something other than the trace is eating up time.
>>
>> For example, it could be that the parser is taking a lot longer to
>> perform its job. In that case, if the trace takes, for example, 1 second
>> less time to perform, but the parser takes 10 seconds more time to
>> perform it's job, you have still added an extra 9 seconds to your
>> overall time... Simple. :)
> 
> I would almost expect the parser would naturally take longer the way
> it's implemented (no slam intended) ... more keywords (more tests) and
> all the backward compatibility that's being maintained. Not saying that
> this is what the OP is seeing, but I /would/ say that the parser is
> indeed a bit fat and could use a diet ;-)
> 

I do not envy the guys who are maintaining povray. It must be terribly
difficult to maintain backward compatibility and yet still add nifty new
features like SMP. I think they've done a great job. :)

Todd

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