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From: Alain
Date: 28 Feb 2008 11:14:58
Message: <47c6de02@news.povray.org>
Thorsten Froehlich nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2008/02/28 05:23:
> Warp wrote:
>> Thorsten Froehlich <tho### [at] trfde> wrote:
>>> This is not a bug, it is an internal buffer that trades speed for 
>>> memory limits. It should not be needed, but a better solution is 
>>> complicated and time intensive to implement.
>>
>>   Could the reaching this limit be detected and a better error message be
>> shown?
> 
> I said a better solution is possible, did I not? ;-)
> 
>     Thorsten
> 
The error message should read "Buffer overflow", not "Out of memory".

-- 
Alain
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You know you've been raytracing too long when you can recite your high school 
Trig book from memory.


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