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From: clipka
Subject: POV-Ray v3.8.0 - Dropped Features
Date: 10 Jun 2021 14:52:21
Message: <60c25f65$1@news.povray.org>
Hi folks,

A couple of features that were in the last v3.8.0-alpha releases will be 
reverted as we prepare to enter beta phase:


- Proper balancing of #end directives, braces, parentheses etc. will not 
be checked.

- String literals will again be limited to 256 characters.

- `defined()`, `#ifdef()` and `#ifndef()` will again return `false` if 
applied to reserved words.

- input file encoding will not be auto-detected.

- boost thread and system libraries will be required again.


Also, the handling of the `#version` directive and the `version` 
pseudo-variable are subject to review at this point.


I _think_ that should be all.


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From: William F Pokorny
Subject: Re: POV-Ray v3.8.0 - Dropped Features
Date: 12 Jun 2021 11:22:57
Message: <60c4d151$1@news.povray.org>
On 6/10/21 2:52 PM, clipka wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> A couple of features that were in the last v3.8.0-alpha releases will be 
> reverted as we prepare to enter beta phase:
> 
> 
> - Proper balancing of #end directives, braces, parentheses etc. will not 
> be checked.
> 
> - String literals will again be limited to 256 characters.
> 
> - `defined()`, `#ifdef()` and `#ifndef()` will again return `false` if 
> applied to reserved words.
> 
> - input file encoding will not be auto-detected.
> 
> - boost thread and system libraries will be required again.
> 
> 
> Also, the handling of the `#version` directive and the `version` 
> pseudo-variable are subject to review at this point.
> 
> 
> I _think_ that should be all.

Thanks for the summary, I wondered. Bummer about the boost libraries...

Bill P.


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