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31 Jul 2024 12:24:32 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Attempt to POV4 Syntax basics  
From: nemesis
Date: 6 Oct 2007 18:35:01
Message: <web.47080c6e153c00f6b694d0dd0@news.povray.org>
Fa3ien <fab### [at] yourshoesskynetbe> wrote:
> With built-in functions, i can write :
> light_source {... area_light ... circular orient adaptive 2}
> or, as well
> light_source {... area_light ... adaptive 2 orient circular}
>
> I know that almost no programming language allows that kind
> of parsing feature in user-defined functions, but I regret it.

seemingly, povray developers regret that "kind of parsing feature" since
it's one of the main reasons for the parser being hard to deal with and
extend and, thus, here we are talking about a brand new one from scratch
and possibly well supported externally.


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