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From: Ari-Matti Leppanen
Subject: Any confirs for split_unions?
Date: 22 Apr 2002 03:48:03
Message: <3cc3c033$1@news.povray.org>

Can anyone confirm this:
<http://news.povray.org/3cb5f38f$1@news.povray.org> ..

Thanks, Ari-Matti

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From: Thorsten Froehlich
Subject: Re: Any confirs for split_unions?
Date: 22 Apr 2002 13:26:17
Message: <3cc447b9@news.povray.org>

In article <3cc3c033$1@news.povray.org> , "Ari-Matti Leppanen" 
<ari### [at] ThisShouldBeRemovedtutfi> wrote:

> Can anyone confirm this:
> <http://news.povray.org/3cb5f38f$1@news.povray.org> ..

This is the designed behavior.  If POV-Ray was able to determine an efficient
bounding for the union (that it if it contained no infinite objects) it will
always throw the user bounds away and split the union because this is always
more efficient.

    Thorsten

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