Thorsten Froehlich wrote:
> 
> In article <3BEDA69A.448E8BED@pacbell.net> , Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet>
> wrote:
> 
> > Would the crash be related to the use of high max_trace_levels and the
> > "stack overflow error" mentioned in the docs under max_trace_level ?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> The solution is to change the POV-Ray source code to limit max_trace_level.
> I know some other people will start a flame war now that it is so necessary
> to have an unlimited max_trace_level, but that doesn't change the fact that
> it has to be limited.  Crashing is obviously not an option and a limit is
> the way to fix it.

Since it is already a documented limitation I see no reason for a flame war
to erupt. People will just have to learn to live with it.

-- 
Ken Tyler

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