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1 Sep 2024 22:15:23 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Why can't patterns be declared ?  
From: Tony[B]
Date: 3 Mar 2001 11:03:14
Message: <3aa115c2@news.povray.org>
> I highly doubt that it works differently from the other patterns.

Is that a "no"?

> It's called "pigment_pattern" because it takes a pigment and turns it
> into a pattern. Makes perfect sense to me..."pattern" wouldn't, though.
> (What kind of pattern? What's this pigment doing here?)

It doesn't make sense to me... Especially when used in a "normal {}"
statement. "pattern" makes sense, since, well, it is a pattern. The pigment
would be there, being patternized... Hey! Maybe the keyword should be
"patternize"... OK, I'll shut up now.


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