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From: ThH
Subject: Re: attractor.pov
Date: 20 Feb 2017 03:38:35
Message: <58aaab0b@news.povray.org>
Am 19.02.2017 um 19:18 schrieb clipka:

> I think at this point we should stop cranking up the stack size (as I
> mentioned earlier, it will /always/ be possible to construct a scene
> that breaks it), and think of a more adaptive solution, such as
> providing an INI-file parameter to override the stack size.

*That* sounds like a good solution :))

-- 
Thorsten aka ThH


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From: William F Pokorny
Subject: Re: attractor.pov
Date: 20 Feb 2017 07:45:50
Message: <58aae4fe$1@news.povray.org>
On 02/19/2017 01:18 PM, clipka wrote:
> Am 19.02.2017 um 16:40 schrieb ThH:
>
>>> Normally other ways to do this define/override, but suppose the above
>>> change is our likely fix for unix - if it works for you.
>>
>> It does.
>
> I think at this point we should stop cranking up the stack size (as I
> mentioned earlier, it will /always/ be possible to construct a scene
> that breaks it), and think of a more adaptive solution, such as
> providing an INI-file parameter to override the stack size.
>

Agree on a path to override the OSs default POV_THREAD_STACK_SIZE 
setting with a command line / ini feature. Opened github issue #239 to 
track this work item. (I'm otherwise occupied at the moment)

Bill P.


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