On 8 Jul 2002 09:21:57 -0400, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> > To save memory usage ?
>
> Does a texture take less memory if some of its blocks are not specified?

Does your question means that we return to opinion that ior should be part of
texturing ? ;-)

> I haven't looked at the source code, but a texture might be fixed-sized.

Unless definion not include variable-sized content. For example (considering
interior):

SCENE    : box{ -100 100 }
PEAK MEM : 117.776


SCENE    : box{ -100 100 interior{ ior .5 } }
PEAK MEM : 117.776


SCENE    : #declare Interior = interior{ ior .5 media{} }
         : box{ -100 100 interior{ ior .5 } }
PEAK MEM : 117.776


SCENE    : #declare Interior = interior{ ior .5 media{} }
         : box{ -100 100 interior{ Interior } }
PEAK MEM : 118.100

ABX

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