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  Re: 3.2.1.6.5 in docs--clarification needed  
From: Kenneth
Date: 27 Feb 2013 17:00:00
Message: <web.512e80c4ef3a5b59c2d977c20@news.povray.org>
"Kenneth" <kdw### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> "Trevor G Quayle" <Tin### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
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> >
> > as the pigment is red anywhere, any value will return rgb value <1,0,0>.
>
> The very simplicity of that one was a source of confusion as well--I came to the
> same conclusion as you mention, which didn't make much practical sense. IMO,
> that particular function might be more 'useful' (as a 'very simple example') if
> the pigment was, say, rgb <1,.3,.7>.

Hmm, I kind of sense that I'm wrong about my 'fix'; the function would then
return rgb <1,.3,.7> everywhere(?), which doesn't improve the example.


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