POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.beta-test : Known Bugs 14 Jan 2002 : Re: Known Bugs 14 Jan 2002 Server Time
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  Re: Known Bugs 14 Jan 2002  
From: Batronyx
Date: 15 Jan 2002 21:21:59
Message: <3c44e3c7$1@news.povray.org>
"R. Suzuki" <r-s### [at] aistgojp> wrote in message

> That is useful in some cases.  For example, try the following JRG's
> code with "evaluate 1.2, 1.1, 0.98" instead of "evaluate 1, 10, 0.99".
> http://news.povray.org/3bdf2d82%40news.povray.org
> The rendering speed would be faster than the fixed max_gradient.
>
> Those parameters of the recent beta work as designed.
> The description of those parameters can be seen at
> http://news.povray.org/3be10cf9@news.povray.org
>

Both of these messages are in the same thread and I had read it at least twice.
But reading it a third time in the context of your explanation of the useful
cases, seems to have helped. I wasn't clear until now exactly what the 'user
error' was. Thanks for helping to clarify.

--
light_source{0,1}#macro c(J,a)sphere{0,1pigment{rgb z}scale a translate J+O}
#end#macro B(R,V,O)c(0,4)intersection{c(V,R)difference{c(-z*4x+10)c(-z*4.1x+
10)c(0<7.5,45,5>)}}#end B(12,0z*25)B(8y*4<0,12,50>)          // Batronyx ^"^


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