> "Yes" because there has been some discussion whether POV-Ray 4.0 should
> be equipped with a brand-new SDL, and in that case, whether it might be
> some bytecode-based language that could be used for scene scripting and
> functions alike.
>
> "No" because isosurface functions would probably still be subject to
> major restrictions, or they might screw up the intersection-finding
> algorithm and/or totally kill performance.
>
> "Maybe" because the people to actually have any say in it did not, to my
> knowledge, participate in the discussion, so their opinion on this is
> currently an unknown variable. There seems to be consensus that the SDL
> should get a major overhaul, but to what degree is not yet clear.

Thanks. Until then, is there another 3D renderer I can try out which allows
local vars and while loops inside functions like this?

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