In article <3e00d424@news.povray.org> , "Apache" 
<apa### [at] yahoocom> wrote:

> POV-Ray needs object referencing. Maybe something for POV-Ray 4.0 or 3.6 ?
>
> #declare Thing = intersection {
>   sphere {<-10.000, 0.000, 0.000> 11.000}
>   sphere {< 10.000, 0.000, 0.000> 11.000}
> }
>
> #declare Clone = \Thing;
>    or
> #declare Clone = reference(Thing);
>    or
> whatever

You not only missed that it is already done for meshes transparently, but
also that there is zero need for a user controlling something POV-Ray can do
automatically.  So not need to mess up the syntax.  Anyway, this has been
discussed to death in recent month anyway...

    Thorsten

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