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2 Sep 2024 02:16:23 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Patch enhancement request - Trace keyword  
From: Ron Parker
Date: 30 Jun 2000 16:54:50
Message: <slrn8lq2uu.1vi.ron.parker@linux.parkerr.fwi.com>
On Fri, 30 Jun 2000 15:47:34 -0500, Chris Huff wrote:
>In article <slr### [at] linuxparkerrfwicom>, 
>ron### [at] povrayorg wrote:
>
>> What does #object do?
>
>It acts the same as "object" as far as I can tell...things like "#box" 
>also work. It works in the official version too, I guess it is just a 
>strange parser bug.

I looked it up.  The tokenizer just ungets anything that doesn't belong
after a # without raising any eyebrows.  You can even say

#declare #foo = 12;
#declare #bar = foo;

without any problems.  Nice for obfuscation, but not guaranteed to stay
that way.

-- 
Ron Parker   http://www2.fwi.com/~parkerr/traces.html
My opinions.  Mine.  Not anyone else's.


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