In article <3e576a0f@news.povray.org>, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> 
wrote:

>   strlen() is a float function.

It's part of the string toolkit, meant specifically for working with 
strings. It's a string function. If POV were object oriented, it would 
be a method of string objects, not floats.


>   There's a good and logical reason for calling it a float function (and
> you should know it without me telling it).

Yes, but theres also a logical reason for calling it a string function, 
and a much more intuitive one.


>   So naming and categorizing functions by their return value is not only
> logical but it's actualy a categorization by purpose: Float functions are
> those which can be used anywhere a float value is expected.

But it isn't a categorization by purpose, which is the problem. It is a 
categorization by return type.

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