Bug: When using the #error directive the string is not printed.

From the POV-Ray documentation:

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6.2.7.1  Text Message Streams
The syntax for a text message is any of the following:

TEXT_STREAM_DIRECTIVE:
    #debug STRING | #error STRING | #warning STRING

Where STRING is any valid string of text including string identifiers or
functions which return strings.
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But when running the following scene:

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#declare String = "B must be a positive number!"

#error String
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POV-Ray prints the following to the message pane:

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File: C:\Programmer\POV-scenes\#Mine\35tests\Errorbug.pov  Line: 5


#error String <----ERROR

Parse Error: User error directive hit.


Returned from renderer with error status
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IIRC this has been the behavior in any version of POV-Ray I know of.

Rune
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