hi,

"Maetes" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> "jr" <cre### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> > may also be a fun way to keep the older ones running.
> You love this small box or you ignore it.

:-)  the (late) Mrs Thatcher liked to say "there is no alternative".


> > you'd get to use the new 'optional' keyword for macro arguments
> it's not just about optional parameters, but also about the lack of
> type-identification.
> And as long as version 3.8 is not part of the official Debian repository, I will
> use and write for version 3.7.
> Installing the package manually requires more Linux knowledge, I also avoid that
> if possible.

ah, shame.  if "Linux knowledge" weren't an issue (you'd need to compile/install
from source), the 'yuqk' branch might "tick your boxes"; there's (SDL) support
for querying type of variable, for instance.  the latest is here:
<https://news.povray.org/povray.binaries.programming/thread/%3C675ff7f7%40news.povray.org%3E/>

(and we're all _waiting_ for .. the gods to pull out their thumbs and make 3.8
official)


> I hope my scripts are useful nevertheless.

still "investigating" ;-)


regards, jr.

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