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"Cousin Ricky" <rickysttATyahooDOTcom> wrote:
> Tell Michael to look in the 3.7 include directory. Only one of the official
> include files sets #version 3.7;.
>
> Setting the #version in the include file insures that POV-Ray will know which
> version the file was intended for. For example, an include file written for 3.6
> might use ambient to make an object glow. This does not work in 3.7 when
> radiosity is used, but with a #version 3.6; POV-Ray 3.7 will know that it should
> revert to earlier behavior just for this file. Thus, an include file written
> for 3.6 will behave predictably in a scene written for 3.7. (This is one answer
> to Doctor John's question.)
>
> Of course, it is common courtesy for the include file to restore the previous
> version so there are no baffling surprises for the user.
For some reason I thought I read that POV-Ray reverts to 3.62 behavior if at any
point it encounters something other than #version 3.7 (and remains this way from
that point on).
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