In article <3fad31ab@news.povray.org>, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> 
wrote:

> Rune <run### [at] runevisioncom> wrote:
> > Now the question is: Is the 9% speed increase worth the hassle with the
> > backwards compatibility issue? I'm not for or against, I just want to
> > make sure that the issue is being considered.
> 
>   Probably not worth.
> 
>   To get a speed boost you can simply copy the macro from the include
> file to your scene file. This should noticeably increase its speed due
> to how POV-Ray parses macros in include files.

A speed boost, but for a different reason. This new version is indeed 
faster (by 12% by my measurements...call it 10%). It's also shorter and 
easier to understand. I doubt there would be very many scenes that would 
be adversely affected. The macro versions defined could be made 
conditional on the POV-Ray #version, or just left alone with slightly 
modified names. It's a small improvement, but I think it would be worth 
it...assuming the macros can be proven to work right. (They seem to, 
from my measurements, but I haven't proven it.)

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