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  Re: Has string handling been changed or improved?  
From: Kenneth
Date: 11 May 2010 09:20:00
Message: <web.4be958ac6ddd2defae92d9930@news.povray.org>
"Edouard" <pov### [at] edouardinfo> wrote:
> "Kenneth" <kdw### [at] earthlinknet> wrote:

> > Some recent code posted by Edouard (his "DF3 Proximity Testbed")--meant for
> > use with one of the 3.7 betas, I *think*--makes use of this kind of
> > construct, which apparently does work now. (I'm just guessing; I only
> > attempted to run part of his code in 3.6.1, which produced the same error.

> I did the same thing! I wrote that code on 3.7 and then ran it on 3.6 and was
> all "why doesn't that work"?
>
> The proximity creation code will only work on 3.7 (for DF3 writing, mesh
> inside() testing, etc), but you should, in theory, be able to read the prox and
> DF3 files on 3.6 (I haven't actually tested it though).

Thanks; I assumed that was the case. As is my usual wacky way of experimenting,
I just commented-out your #version 3.7 directive, and proceeded blindly! ;-)

Ken


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