Number parameter restriction example

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Number parameter restriction example

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The Number Parameter Restrictions wiki entry presents examples of legal and illegal usage of number parameters. However, when I try compiling those examples, I get an error on one of the "Allowed" lines. Here's a demonstration of the problem:

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startshape begin

shape taper(number shrink) {
    SQUARE []
    taper(shrink) [size shrink]           // Allowed, shrink is a number parameter
}

shape begin {
  taper(0.9) [ ]
}
Alas,

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$ cfdg taper.cfdg
Error in taper.cfdg at line 5 - This expression does not satisfy the number parameter requirement
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Re: Number parameter restriction example

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That code should work. The documentation is correct.

This will get you going for now:

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shape taper(number shrink) {
    SQUARE []
    taper(=) [size shrink]           // Allowed, shrink is a number parameter
}
In general, you should use = whenever you can with parameters. Otherwise you end up generating multiple identical parameter blocks on the heap.

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