in news:web.60849c6dcab749081f9dae3025979125@news.povray.org Bald Eagle 
wrote:

> Make a little macro like:

I've implemented that to some extent mainly for getting data from the 
arrays.

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hi,

ingo <ing### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> in news:web.6084981fcab7490879819d986cde94f1@news.povray.org jr wrote:
> > not an option?
> Oh yes, now they seem to be fixed.

and will allow you to be more .. savage in shortening key/index names, because
you then have a namespace of sorts.  nb last night's "it is late" post example
is wrong, each respective last element would still be '[ name ]'.


regards, jr.

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On 2021-04-24 1:44 PM (-4), ingo wrote:
> 
> what are the chance on collisions with names from other file for only 
> #local names.

In my experience, low for any given scene, but quite substantial in the
long term.  I know the prefixes are a PITA, but for a general include
file, I would not take the chance.

Also, it is recommended that all identifiers contain at least one
uppercase letter.  People have been burned by this before.

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