POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.beta-test : #error bug : Re: #error bug Server Time
30 Jul 2024 16:26:45 EDT (-0400)
  Re: #error bug  
From: Rune
Date: 20 Oct 2001 10:51:14
Message: <3bd18f62@news.povray.org>
"Thorsten Froehlich" wrote:
> "Redbeard (MDJohnson)" wrote:
>
> > IMO, if #error doesn't print the string it's passed,
> > it shouldn't require a string.
>
> An #error should not allow a string,

But it requires a string. That must be a bug then?

> but enforce a quoted "something".

A quoted "something" that is not a string? How do you define this in clear
terms?

> This is necessary so one at least has a chance to find
> out what the #error is about without having to read the
> whole scene file.

Perhaps the word you're looking for is "comment". However, comments have a
different syntax which is // or /* */

As it is now there's clearly something wrong as the directive requires a
string but doesn't use it for anything.

Rune
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