On Wed, 2 Jan 2002 14:00:51 -0500, Greg M. Johnson wrote:
> "Simon Adameit" <gom### [at] gmxde> wrote in message
> news:3c2cb9b7@news.povray.org...
>> The following code crashes POV
>> #local Z=0;
>> #while(Z<1)
>> #local
>> #end
>>
> 
> Ain't that an infinite loop?

Yes, but it's worse than that.  It's essentially the same as if you wrote
a file that was just #local #local #local #local #local ad infinitum, with
the result that the parser stackfaults.

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