On 23/05/2018 18:55, clipka wrote:
> Am 23.05.2018 um 19:35 schrieb Stephen:
>> On 23/05/2018 16:26, clipka wrote:
>>> Not sure I understand what you mean. Would you change B3D, or would you
>>> change POV-Ray?
>>
>> Sorry I missed this.
>> B3D comes compiled with no source code. So for that to work it would
>> need be a change in PovRay.
> 
> Then such a switch would add more trouble than it would solve.
> 

I must be over thinking. :)

> I'll try to re-implement v3.8.0-alpha behaviour, which is to provide
> special treatment for filename literals if `#version 3.7` or earlier is
> specified, while treating them like regular string literals if `#version
> 3.8` or later is specified.
> 

Great! That means that I can use 3.7 for testing and manually change the 
file when I want to use 3.8.



> In either case, a warning shall be printed if single backslashes are
> encountered in filename literals.
> 
> 
> ("filename literal" being any string literal in a place where the parser
> specifically expects a file name, such as in `#include`.)
> 

Another thought. (Don't judge me. ;) )
What about the library paths defined in povray.ini?

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Regards
     Stephen

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