On Tue, 29 Jan 2002 14:16:23 -0500, Dave Dunn wrote:
> bicubic patch type 2 (Warp, you of all people should have caught this), instead of
mesh 2. And
> yes, the patches in type 2, in addition to parsing faster, seemed to make for
smoother
> objects, with fewer attifacts. Other than that, I still find the excluded features
of value.

Unfortunately, the code for bicubic patch type 2 was buggy and even its 
original author didn't think it was suitable for inclusion in 3.5.

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