In article <1104_1010963152@selliot> , Patrick Elliott <selliot@rraz.com> 
wrote:

> Only if you have some clue what the parameters do. For instance while trying
> out the partical system and other features in MegaPOV+ I downloaded some
> examples that where and older implimentation, One parameter didn't even exist
> in the new version and the glow lights used a different syntax that literally
> had one value sitting by itself with no explaination. Had I been using the
> patch from the original author of that feature I may have had a file
> describing what it was, but instead had to guess. I will take readability over
> write-ability any day. ;) At least when I don't necessarilly have
> understandable documentation to work with.

This is exactly why the POV-Team carefully evaluated each patch for addition
into the official version and made changes to syntax or behavior in order to
keep the language consistent.

    Thorsten

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