On 3/6/2017 9:01 PM, clipka wrote:
> Am 06.03.2017 um 21:32 schrieb Bald Eagle:
>> clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
>>
>>>> Then it would be easy to read variables as Complex[n].real and Complex[n].imag
>>>
>>> Doesn't sound like array-related to me at all, rather a feature of
>>> 2-dimensional vectors.
>>>
>>> You realize that those would be aliases for `.x` and `.y`, right?
>>
>> Yes, and yes.
>> ...red, .u, .x, and .real would all be the same.
>> ...green, .v, .y, and .imag would all be the same as well.
>
> Hmm... I personally think `.r` and `.i` would be neater.
>
> We could also have `i` as a vector constant `<0,1>`, much like `y` is a
> vector constant `<0,1,0>`.
>
> Then again, how about having a /genuine/ complex number type instead?
> You know, stuff like:
>
>      #declare Foo = 3 + 4*i;
>      #declare Bar = Foo * Foo;
>
> Note how the latter operation wouldn't give the right answer when using
> 2D vector arithmetics as currently implemented.
>
>

Thank goodness. My brain was boiling.


>>> You mean, something like, say, a... /macro/ ?!
>>> Yeah, I think it would be neat if POV-Ray had something like that ;)
>>
>> OOOOH!   YES!   Macros would be _cool_.  Can we have macros?  PWEEEEEZE!
>>
>> :P
>
> Good news: It just so happens that the newest beta already features them ;)
>

+1 for the set up. ;)

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Regards
     Stephen

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