On 20/10/2025 12:49, William F Pokorny wrote:
> On 10/20/25 03:53, kurtz le pirate wrote:
>> Let an array of "4D" vectors.
>> This code works well :
>>
>> #write ( FH, 
>> Array[i].x,",",Array[i].y,",",Array[i].z,",",Array[i].filter )
> 
> Below the contents of a documentation scene I'm adding to the next yuqk 
> release (R20). What's going on is part of a larger tangle due when and 
> how the features involved were implemented over time.
> 
> Bill P.
> 
> //---
> // Odd behavior with 'write' and 5D color vectors...
> 
> #declare V2 = <1,2>;
> #declare V3 = <1,2,3>;
> #declare V4 = <1,2,3,4>;
> #declare V5 = <1,2,3,4,5>; // Internally this a 'color vector'
> 
> #fopen FH "zzz" write
> 
> // These are OK in yuqk or in v3.8 beta 2
> #write (FH,V3.x,",",V3.y,",",V3.z)
> #write (FH,V4.x,",",V4.y,",",V4.z,",",V4.t)
> #write (FH,(V5.x),",",(V5.y),",",(V5.z))
> #write (FH,(V5.x),",",(V5.y),",",(V5.z)",",(V5.t))
> #write (FH,(V5.x),",",(V5.y),",",(V5.z)",",(V5.t)",",(V5.transmit))
> #write (FH,V2)
> #write (FH,V3)
> #write (FH,V4)
> 
> // This fails in yuqk and in v3.8 beta 2 because 'write' only
> // supports 2D, 3D and 4D vectors.
> #if (0)
> #write (FH,V5)
> #end
> 
> // This fails in v3.8 beta 2 because 'write' only supports 2D, 3D
> // and 4D vectors. Due how the dot operator works, incorrectly,
> // for the v3.8 tuple feature the V5.transmit is first seen as a 5D
> // color vector - before it is seen as a float due the dot operator.
> #if (0)
> #write (FH,V5.transmit)
> #end
> 
> // These fail in yuqk due fixes with the tuple assignment feature of
> // v3.8 which changes how the dot operators are evaluated. The yuqk
> // fork always sees 'V5' before it thinks about the dot operator. In
> // other words, with yuqk you must wrap all, 5D color vector, element
> // to float conversions in ()s with write!
> #if (0)
> #write (FH,V5.x,",",V5.y,",",V5.z)
> // #write (FH,V5.x,",",V5.y,",",V5.z,",",V5.t)
> // #write (FH,V5.x,",",V5.y,",",V5.z,",",V5.transmit)
> #end
> 
> #fclose FH
> 
> #error "Stop early"
> //---
> 
> Bill P.

Thanks Bill.


I see "This fails in v3.8 beta 2 because 'write' only supports 2D, 3D 
and 4D vectors."

So in a way, it's not coming from me.
Phew!


One more thing to add (or not?) to your to-do list for v4.




-- 
kurtz le pirate
compagnie de la banquise

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