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From: Dan Byers
Subject: Macros and # of parameters
Date: 22 Apr 2002 22:27:21
Message: <B8EA307E.BF3C%goofygrafx@aol.com>

The docs don't give any upper limit to the number of parameters that can be
passed, but when I tried to pass 42 parameters (don't ask why), POV-Ray for
DOS puked after the 19th one.  Is it a DOS thing, or is it a POV-Ray thing?
Not a major deal, more of an inconvenience.  Any thoughts, let me know...
thanks :)

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dan
http://hometown.aol.com/goofygrafx

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From: Thorsten Froehlich
Subject: Re: Macros and # of parameters
Date: 23 Apr 2002 03:35:09
Message: <3cc50ead@news.povray.org>

In article <B8EA307E.BF3C%goo### [at] aolcom> , Dan Byers <goo### [at] aolcom>
wrote:

> The docs don't give any upper limit to the number of parameters that can be
> passed, but when I tried to pass 42 parameters (don't ask why), POV-Ray for
> DOS puked after the 19th one.  Is it a DOS thing, or is it a POV-Ray thing?
> Not a major deal, more of an inconvenience.  Any thoughts, let me know...
> thanks :)

That is the limit in POV-Ray 3.1.  In POV-Ray 3.5 it is 56.

    Thorsten

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Subject: Re: Macros and # of parameters
Date: 23 Apr 2002 04:47:43
Message: <ln7acukuhlu2v8b8es434ag8ed1e2s7kok@4ax.com>

On Mon, 22 Apr 2002 21:26:22 -0500, Dan Byers <goo### [at] aolcom> wrote:
> The docs don't give any upper limit to the number of parameters that can be
> passed, but when I tried to pass 42 parameters (don't ask why), POV-Ray for
> DOS puked after the 19th one.  Is it a DOS thing, or is it a POV-Ray thing?
> Not a major deal, more of an inconvenience.  Any thoughts, let me know...
> thanks :)

Thorsten told you an answer. If you want more parameters you can pass them as
array (when one type), as array of one-ellement arrays when different types.
Of course you can also pass them via global identifiers or via creation of
include file included inside macro. So there is many solutions.

ABX

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From: Dan Byers
Subject: Re: Macros and # of parameters
Date: 23 Apr 2002 21:53:23
Message: <B8EB79FE.C088%goofygrafx@aol.com>


at abx### [at] babilonorg wrote on 4/23/02 3:47 AM:

> On Mon, 22 Apr 2002 21:26:22 -0500, Dan Byers <goo### [at] aolcom> wrote:
>> The docs don't give any upper limit to the number of parameters that can be
>> passed, but when I tried to pass 42 parameters (don't ask why), POV-Ray for
>> DOS puked after the 19th one.  Is it a DOS thing, or is it a POV-Ray thing?
>> Not a major deal, more of an inconvenience.  Any thoughts, let me know...
>> thanks :)
> 
> Thorsten told you an answer. If you want more parameters you can pass them as
> array (when one type), as array of one-ellement arrays when different types.
> Of course you can also pass them via global identifiers or via creation of
> include file included inside macro. So there is many solutions.
> 
> ABX

Thanks for your answers, guys.  I used the array to fix it.  My life can
continue now ;)

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dan
http://hometown.aol.com/goofygrafx

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