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  Re: float constants in functions - bug and bugfix  
From: Thorsten Froehlich
Date: 5 Nov 2002 12:16:56
Message: <3dc7fd08@news.povray.org>
In article <fqqfsuk77r6nhjj5chelpfj4d298ngdqda@4ax.com> , ABX 
<abx### [at] abxartpl>  wrote:

> In documentation in chapter '6.1.6 User-Defined Functions' there is
> FLOAT_BUILT-IN_IDENT as one of possible expressions. But only 'clock' and 'pi'
> is recognized while chapter '6.1.3.4 Built-in Float Identifiers' lists much
> more possible values.

Well, doesn't this make it a missing feature rather than a bug?  After all,
it simply isn't there.  Fixing the documentation is probably the better
solution.  Espeically the various "true" and "false" constants are really
not too useful in functions.  And "version" isn't a constant!

    Thorsten

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