In article <3c8ca968@news.povray.org>, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> 
wrote:

> > The list is missing the report I gave that shadowless lights don't 
> > illuminate scattering media.
> 
>   I think it was pretty unclear whether it is a bug or just a design
> decision.
>   If you can convince me that it's a bug, I can add it.

I think it is part of the "shadowless lights == fill lights" logic that 
was the reason for making them highlightless as well. When using them 
for fill lighting, you don't really want them illuminating media.

Personally, I would prefer "object_shadows", "media_shadows", 
"specular", "phong", "illuminates_media", and "illuminates_objects" 
on|off flags, but it is probably much too late to change now.

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Christopher James Huff <chr### [at] maccom>
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