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10 Aug 2024 01:20:16 EDT (-0400)
  Re: CSG Union causes major slow-down  
From: Peter Popov
Date: 24 May 2000 18:39:22
Message: <camois8n5q8olrde0t17m70nh1dres8o2t@4ax.com>
On 24 May 2000 18:26:36 -0400, ron### [at] povrayorg (Ron Parker)
wrote:

>I think merge is actually equivalent to
>
>intersection {
>  object { A inverse }
>  object { B inverse }
>  inverse
>}

It certainly looks like it, yes. Thanks for the info.

>but it's not represented that way internally.  The code actually has
>special cases for merge, unlike for difference.

Yes, I saw your reply to Warp after I posted :)


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