Playing for first time with the new function image type, and being so bad
closing sentences, I tried to parse this code:

height_field{
    function 128,128{
        pigment{
            bozo
            color_map{
                [0.00 rgb 0]
                [1.00 rgb 1]
            }
        /* here is missing a closing bracket */
    }
    translate -.5
}

And got :

  Parse Error: No matching } in '{', translate found instead

When it should read:

  Parse Error: No matching } in 'function', translate found instead

...isn't?

 P.S.: Also, it sometimes hanged POV when the editor tried to highlight the
line containing the error (which was not highlighted when POV hanged).


Jaime Vives Piqueres

POV-Ray for Windows 3.5 beta 1
W98SE on AMD Athlon 1.2Ghz, 256MB SDRAM,  >50Db CPU fan.

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By the way, I think it should be made clear in the documentation that using
a pattern in an image function is more efficient than using a pigment.
  Why? Because a pattern creates a b/w image while a pigment creates a color
image, which is (I suppose) 3 times bigger (ie. it takes 3 times more memory).

-- 
#macro N(D,I)#if(I<6)cylinder{M()#local D[I]=div(D[I],104);M().5,2pigment{
rgb M()}}N(D,(D[I]>99?I:I+1))#end#end#macro M()<mod(D[I],13)-6,mod(div(D[I
],13),8)-3,10>#end blob{N(array[6]{11117333955,
7382340,3358,3900569407,970,4254934330},0)}//                     - Warp -

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news:3b9ca618@news.povray.org...
>   By the way, I think it should be made clear in the documentation that
using
> a pattern in an image function is more efficient than using a pigment.
>   Why? Because a pattern creates a b/w image while a pigment creates a
color
> image, which is (I suppose) 3 times bigger (ie. it takes 3 times more
memory).

 Ah! Yes, I see: 6.1.6.1. Not read this before, I was only converting an old
"pigment_pattern" from megapov.
(I read the docs "on the fly"). But you are right: a quick test revealed
that it uses half the memory needed with a pigment (not 1/3, tough).

 Thanks!

Jaime

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