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31 Jul 2024 02:21:36 EDT (-0400)
  Re: adc_bailout and max_trace_level  
From: Ron Parker
Date: 17 Sep 2001 16:04:11
Message: <slrn9qclpt.l3s.ron.parker@fwi.com>
On 15 Sep 2001 18:03:45 -0400, Warp wrote:
>  This could be a compiler-related problem, ie. there are no bugs in the
>POV-Ray source code, but the problem is generated by the compiler. Some
>compilers allocate a laughably small recursion stack for functions. The size
>of this stack can be usually increased by a linker parameter or something
>similar.

With Windows 32-bit code, it can even be increased after the fact by an
appropriate utility.

-- 
#macro R(L P)sphere{L F}cylinder{L P F}#end#macro P(V)merge{R(z+a z)R(-z a-z)R(a
-z-z-z a+z)torus{1F clipped_by{plane{a 0}}}translate V}#end#macro Z(a F T)merge{
P(z+a)P(z-a)R(-z-z-x a)pigment{rgbf 1}hollow interior{media{emission 3-T}}}#end 
Z(-x-x.2x)camera{location z*-10rotate x*90normal{bumps.02scale.05}}


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