"jr" <cre### [at] gmailcom> wrote:

> so, it is late and I had too much coffee, probably..  :-)

Too much _something.
WTH is "too much coffee?"   :P


> how about replacing the SDL, wholesale?!

That has its merits, and may be a method of addressing all of the double/single
issues in the process...


> sure, I just think that, just like for regular arrays, when an identifier has
> been "cast" to type A, a subsequent assigning of type B should output a warning
> (preferably cause an error).  because, in all likelihood, it'll be a typo or
> logic error.

Could be.   But I like the flexibility afforded by re-casting things on the fly.
Learning good coding practices aside, allowing scenes to WORK (newbies to
POV-Ray in mind) is something we should encourage.
Issue warnings and suggestions - but full stop halts of parsing can be a real
bummer.

> > --- On eval_pigment / Eval_Pigment (and alias capability). I've never
> > liked eval_pigment! It's not inbuilt, but we talk about it like it is.

I like the capability, but I agree with the obfuscation.  I've learned SO much
from WP and the do-it-from-scratch ShaderToy community.  Perhaps eval pigment
should be an example scene illustrating how to write functions that process
patterns.
But also, given that we often use it with things like ("large") images in
image_pattern, I'd like to see a speed improvement by moving something like that
to source, so that an array of RGB values can be accessed and acted upon
speedily, via compiled code.

> naive question.  calling the macro returns the colour in pigment at given point.
>  but what good is that information, given that lighting is not part of the
> process?


Because you're not trying to jump ahead in time beyond when the lighting and
ambient occlusion get applied.  You're looking to inspect the "color
composition" of the base object.

perhaps for pattern purposes.
http://news.povray.org/povray.binaries.images/thread/%3Cweb.52ede41cd6fcc84f7a3e03fe0@news.povray.org%3E/?mtop=391443&m
off=7
http://news.povray.org/povray.binaries.images/message/%3C3b8946fd%40news.povray.org%3E/#%3C3b8946fd%40news.povray.org%3
E
http://news.povray.org/povray.binaries.images/thread/%3C5078802b%40news.povray.org%3E/

or for use as a map to place objects
http://www.povcomp.com/entries/124.php
http://news.povray.org/povray.binaries.images/message/%3C409135b4%40news.povray.org%3E/



Similar questions have been raised:
http://news.povray.org/povray.general/thread/%3C5be81e8e%241%40news.povray.org%3E/

If you want lighting, you can render, and then use eval pigment on the rendered
image, which obviously has the lighting effects in the final computation of the
pixel color value.

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