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  Re: Feature Request: Line-by-Line Parsing (Error Tracking)  
From: clipka
Date: 28 Apr 2018 07:04:50
Message: <5ae45552$1@news.povray.org>
Am 28.04.2018 um 12:04 schrieb Stephen:
> On 28/04/2018 07:56, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>> On 27-4-2018 13:57, Bald Eagle wrote:
>>> dick balaska <dic### [at] buckosoftcom> wrote:
>>>
>>>> It's actually a case that happens a lot.
>>>
>>> Yeah, I've run into this issue with closing curly braces }
>>
>> Don't get me started!
> 
> #end for me atm. :-(

Missing `}`, `#end` or even `)` in an include file are a PITA even from
the POV-Ray developer's point of view: The parser being the ugly mess it
is, it's virtually impossible to do the Pokemon on the various
variations of this theme. No way you can ever catch them all.

And, depending on the particular scenario, they do cause hard crashes.


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