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20 Oct 2025 23:45:42 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Potential v4.0 bounding & clipping fixes / changes. (yuqk R20 v0.6.14.0=  
From: Cousin Ricky
Date: 20 Oct 2025 14:55:00
Message: <web.68f68488596421560e0cc3d949c357d@news.povray.org>
William F Pokorny <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
>
> Aside:
> ------
> In working on these updates I've run across more checking of the
> PATCH_OBJECT type. Reasonably sure I'm going to change patch-like
> objects now BASIC_OBJECT types to PATCH_OBJECT. My bet is this change
> will make for no functional changes beyond parser checks not allowing
> patch-like objects in certain operations where they should probably
> never have been allowed - like manual bounding.

Whatever you decide, be sure that plane remains available for bounding and
intersections.  I understand that plane gets special treatment in bounding
situations because it is so useful.


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