In article <38963bc2@news.povray.org> , "david sharp" <dsh### [at] interportnet>
wrote:

> Many macros are being rejected by MegaPov 0.4
> compiled for DOS (djgpp 2.03, gcc 2.95.2).
> For example, on parsing
>
> /*****************/
> #macro f(m)
>         m
> #end
>
> #local d=f(0);
> /*****************/
>
> MegaPov tells me  that it is finding a ';' instead of an expected
> object or directive (this is with or without a
>     "#version unofficial MegaPov 0.4"
> It works fine with the WinMegaPov 0.4 so I am guessing the problem
> has something to do some difference in compilers or OS.
> Looking throught the parser code makes me dizzy and I am at a loss
> trying to find a fix for this.
> What could it be?

See "A trivial #version conundrum".  This problem is related to FPU
precision (causing 3.1 to end up as something like 3.099999 but be compared
to 3.100000001), search the whole source code for "3.1" and replace it with
"3.05", that will fix the problem.


      Thorsten


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