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On 23/05/2018 19:05, clipka wrote:
> Am 23.05.2018 um 19:31 schrieb Stephen:
>
>>>> Sorry it does not use macros. It did but I de-constructed the grass
>>>> macro it was using as it was declaring an array of meshes from within a
>>>> while loop. [Watch the memory usage rise and the HDD thrash.]
>>>
>>> Hmm... then that begs the question, which change between v3.7.0 and
>>> v3.8.0-alpha would have improved parsing speed?
>>>
>>
>> You mean it is not deliberate? o_O
>
> I don't recall having done anything to the parser between v3.7.0 and
> v3.8.0-alpha with the intent to speed up parsing in general, with the
> sole exception of macro caching. I hate the code, so it has never gotten
> much love & care from me ;)
>
> There /may/ have been side effects from a bit of code cleanup here and
> there. But usually I've just given the parser more jobs to do.
>
>
So Bill says. ;)
>>> Besides, what loop size are we talking about? Would that happen to be
>>>> 64k characters in the loop body?
>>>
>>
>> I am not too sure I understand.
>>
>> The loop size depends on the size of the target heightfield and the
>> required density of the grass.
>
> I mean the raw number of characters in the scene (or include) file, from
> the `#while` or `#for` to the corresponding `#end`.
>
> For example, the body of the following loop is 31 characters long:
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> #for(I,0,100) #debug "Another iteration.\n" #end
>
That is how I read it.
Including tabs. Word counts 399 characters
>
>> I thought you might ask for a copy and started to look at how many image
>> maps it was using.
>> It seems that when I was modifying the file manually I forgot to remove
>> a couple of flower meshes. I had used in B3D. I cleaned it up and it is
>> only 13500 lines now. And one heightfield image.
>>
>> If you still want a copy. I will post it.
>
> Please go ahead. I'm curious which feature of the file makes
> v3.8.0-alpha like it better than v3.7.0.
>
Done.
Posted in povray.binaries.scene-files as "Flowers for clipka"
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Regards
Stephen
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