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In article <3921b9fc@news.povray.org>, "AC" <amb### [at] telia com> wrote:
> Has anyone here thought that it could be practical to have some kind of
> vector format for a finish?
>
> Example:
> #declare Mirror = finish {ambient 0 diffuse 0 reflection 1}
> could be
> #declare Mirror= finish{ adr<0,0,1>}
This would be very bad for readability and maintainability, and all it
would do is save a bit of typing. And your syntax limits you to float
parameters...all three of those can take colors. And what about
specular, angle dependant reflection, etc?
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