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29 Apr 2024 01:58:27 EDT (-0400)
  Re: POV-Ray v3.8.0-alpha.9861167  
From: Thomas de Groot
Date: 25 Oct 2018 02:39:27
Message: <5bd1651f$1@news.povray.org>
On 25-10-2018 8:05, clipka wrote:
> Am 24.10.2018 um 08:40 schrieb Thomas de Groot:
> 
>>> What version of POV-Ray are we talking about?
>>
>> v 3.8.0-xtokenizer.9844488+av609.msvc with Win7
> 
> Ah, the experimetal new tokenizer! Now that changes things. Since we're 
> talking about alpha.9861167, I had presumed that you were using at least 
> some alpha as well.

Yes, it is bad practice to mix posts on different versions like I did. I 
apologise.

> 
>> You are right (of course you are right!): I had not yet used the alpha 
>> version 3.8.0-alpha.9861167+av620.msvc14.win as I thought they were 
>> more or less identical. It shows the warning for both cases indeed. I 
>> had not been aware that the case had been solved in between. Thanks!
> 
> Has it? I don't recall any such fix, nor it even being necessary. So 
> looks like something broke during the refactoring for the tokenizer 
> changes. That's conceivable.

Well, it definitely was an issue with versions 3.6 and below, and, as 
far as I recall, with version 3.7.

> 
> I'll investigate that once I turn my attention back to the tokenizer.
> 
> 
>> Phwwww..... That was close! I am glad I do not have to put myself 
>> under psychiatric treatment after all ;-)
>>
>> [where are my dried frog pills...?]
> 
> Probably right where I left my glasses.

That might well be the case indeed.

-- 
Thomas


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