Abe Heckenbach wrote:

>    6. why not give each object, including group objects, and cameras a
> name, so it can be easily referenced later(so it can be removed, moved,
> scaled, change properties like color...(animator's might like this;>)

This is in the direction of OO-features in the scene language - a popular(?)
topic in these groups. I think what you're thinking of is something like
this:

#declare Foo=difference{
  box{1,-1}
  union{
    sphere{0, 0.5 translate x*1}
    sphere{0, 0.5 translate x*-1}
  }
}

#declare Foo.subobject[1].subobject[0].scale=2;
#declare Foo.subobject[1].subobject[1].location=<-1,1,0>;
#declare Foo.pigment=color{rgb 1};
// etc.

This is exactly the type of features I'd like to see as well - BUT, not for
the price of leaving backwards-compability behind.

(See my longer post in the "Object oriented POV scene language?" thread.)

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