stbenge <"egnebts <-inverted"@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to find an efficient way to test all points within a set
> against each other. Quadtrees/octrees seem like the way to go, but... it
> appears that I need arrays containing vectors with other arrays mixed
> in. POV doesn't allow that sort of thing.
>
> Would something like this work for quad/octrees?
>
> #declare Array =
>   array[2]{
>    array[1]{
>     <0,0,0>
>    },
>    array[2]{
>     array[1]{
>      <0,0,0>
>     },
>     array[1]{
>      <0,0,0>
>     }
>    }
>   }
>
> Am I assuming the worst? What would be a good way to structure my data?
> Can it even be done in POV? This would be my first foray into using such
> data structures, so I'm totally lost here :(
>
> ~Sam

When you say testing points against each other, what exactly are you trying to
do?  Find equal points?

-tgq

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