The two-dimension vector bug is well known (but for some reason not yet
fixed).  I am not familear with problems with dimensions greater than
three, though.  Could you provide details?

-Nathan Kopp

Dan Connelly wrote:
> 
> There is a bug in the vector code for dimensions other
> than 2.  This is a known, and long time, problem.  I've
> played around with the source code a bit in an attempt
> to find the error -- it's clear it is getting confused
> about the dimensionality of the vector (in the case
> of 2-d), but I didn't find the precise error.
> 
> A manifestation of this is the following won't work :
> 
> #declare UV = <1, 2>;
> #declare V  = uv.v;
> 
> For dimension larger than 3, there are other problems.
> 
> Dan
> 
> P.S. I believe I've seen the correction posted somewhere,
> but I am not sure where.
> 
> Sally Rothenberg wrote:
> >
> > Jeffrey,
> >
> > I'm not sure this is the same problem but I noticed I can't seem to write to
> > a single
> > element in my UV lattice (2 dim array) of vectors, although I can read:
> >
> >     #local nx = clat[U][V].x;
> >
> > My workaround was:
> >
> >      #local clat[U][V] = <cc+1,0,0>;
> >
> > If you are initializing in a nested loop, you might try:
> >
> >    #local clat[U][V] = <xvalue,yvalue,zvalue>;
> >
> > If this has something to do with my using version 3.1 rather than 3.1a, I'd
> > sure like to
> > know about it !
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> > Sally
> >
> > Jeffrey H. Zimmer wrote in message <3629c15f.0@news.povray.org>...
> > >Downloaded and began playing with 3.1 recently.  The new arrays look like a
> > >great addition (not to mention the new editor).  However I'm having
> > problems
> > >initializing a two-dimensional array (128 x 128) with vectors using a
> > nested
> > >while loop (one for x, the other for y).  Has anyone else dealt with this?
> > >
> > >Thanks,
> > >Jeff
> > >
> > >
> 
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