For me the greatest addition would be a switch/case statement, like this:

#switch (some_variable)
    #case int, float, vector, ...
    #end
#end
--
Dave.
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Nieminen Juha <war### [at] sarakerttunencstutfi> wrote in message
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> PoD <pod### [at] globalfreewaycomau> wrote:
> :   for( I=1; I <= 5; I=I+1){...}
>
>   I think that a more povray-type syntax would be:
>
> #for(I=1; I<=5; I++)
>   ...
> #end
>
>   Of course this can be done with a #while-loop, but this kind of shortcut
> just makes life easier.
>   I would also like to see this:
>
> #do
>   ...
> #until(whatever)
>
>   I have at least once needed this kind of feature. With the regular
#while
> loop I had to write the body of the loop twice.
>
>   And this I have suggested before:
>
> #declare A += B;
> #declare A -= B;
> #declare A *= B;
> #declare A /= B;
> etc...
>
> --
> main(i,_){for(_?--i,main(i+2,"FhhQHFIJD|FQTITFN]zRFHhhTBFHhhTBFysdB"[i]
> ):5;i&&_>1;printf("%s",_-70?_&1?"[]":" ":(_=0,"\n")),_/=2);} /*- Warp -*/

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