"Mike Williams" <mik### [at] nospamplease> wrote...
>
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> declare P = function {y}
> #declare Z=2;
> #declare X=1;
> #debug "OK so far\n"
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> I reckon it ought to be thrown out because there's no "#" on the first
> #declare, but it renders. (I've put the isosurface there just to show
> that the function P() is actually working "correctly").

Actually, it doesn't need a "#"!  This is a very old backwards-compatibility
"feature".  Interestingly enough, if you terminate the function declare with
a semicolon, it will solve the problem.

However, there does appear to be a bug somewhere, because, unless you use
the semicolon or the "#", POV will somehow ignore the first token following
the line "#declare X=1;" unless that token is a directive other than
#declare.  (For example, you can replace the #debug line with "#if(0) #end"
or even "#include "colors.inc"".)

-Nathan

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