FS#75 : Replace POV_MALLOC with std::vector in shape code

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FS#75 - Replace POV_MALLOC with std::vector in shape code

Attached to Project: POV-Ray
Opened by Thorsten Fröhlich (thorsten) - Saturday, 09 January 2010, 17:08 GMT
Last edited by William F Pokorny (wfpokorny) - Saturday, 05 November 2016, 12:39 GMT

Task Type	Unimp. Feature/TODO
Category	Backend → Geometric Primitives
Status	Tracked on GitHub
Assigned To	Thorsten Fröhlich (thorsten)
Operating System	All
Severity	Medium
Priority	Normal
Reported Version	3.70 beta 34
Due in Version	Future release
Due Date	Undecided
Percent Complete
Votes	0
Private	No

Details

In the files bezier.cpp, fpmetric.cpp, fractal.cpp, hfield.cpp, isosurf.cpp, lathe.cpp, poly.cpp, polygon.cpp, prism.cpp, sor.cpp, and sphsweep.cpp the use of POV_MALLOC can be replaced by std::vector quite easily because the containing class already is a C++ class. As this is a low hanging fruit for continued code cleanup, it should be done sooner rather than later.

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