POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Collision chance : Re: Collision chance Server Time
25 Apr 2024 00:51:16 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Collision chance  
From: Cousin Ricky
Date: 25 Apr 2021 14:49:42
Message: <6085b9c6$1@news.povray.org>
On 2021-04-24 1:44 PM (-4), ingo wrote:
> 
> what are the chance on collisions with names from other file for only 
> #local names.

In my experience, low for any given scene, but quite substantial in the
long term.  I know the prefixes are a PITA, but for a general include
file, I would not take the chance.

Also, it is recommended that all identifiers contain at least one
uppercase letter.  People have been burned by this before.


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