clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
> Am 21.09.2016 um 23:08 schrieb clipka:
>
> > Try `+a0.3` instead of `+a.3`.
> >
> > I'm not sure if POV-Ray /should/ support dropping the leading zero in
> > command-line options (there's no clear statement about this in the
> > docs), but apparently it currently doesn't.
> >
> > I'll have a look at POV-Ray's bowels to see if there are any hints about
> > the intended behaviour in this case.
>
> The source code didn't give me much of a hint -- but running POV-Ray
> 3.62 did: That version was fine with `+a.3`. So there's a bug that needs
> fixing.

Wait: 3.6 and before had problems with that syntax because it can lead to cases
that cannot properly be decided when parsing the command line. You will have to
go back like 15 years to find the post about it ... and I am sorry, I do not
have that post at hand any more :-(

Thorsten

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