--- ray/src/common/fvect.c	1992/10/02 16:02:43	2.2
+++ ray/src/common/fvect.c	1998/08/12 17:57:19	2.4
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-/* Copyright (c) 1986 Regents of the University of California */
+/* Copyright (c) 1998 Silicon Graphics, Inc. */
 
 #ifndef lint
-static char SCCSid[] = "$SunId$ LBL";
+static char SCCSid[] = "$SunId$ SGI";
 #endif
 
 /*
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ double
 dist2(p1, p2)			/* return square of distance between points */
 register FVECT  p1, p2;
 {
-	static FVECT  delta;
+	FVECT  delta;
 
 	delta[0] = p2[0] - p1[0];
 	delta[1] = p2[1] - p1[1];
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ dist2line(p, ep1, ep2)		/* return square of distance t
 FVECT  p;		/* the point */
 FVECT  ep1, ep2;	/* points on the line */
 {
-	static double  d, d1, d2;
+	register double  d, d1, d2;
 
 	d = dist2(ep1, ep2);
 	d1 = dist2(ep1, p);
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ dist2lseg(p, ep1, ep2)		/* return square of distance t
 FVECT  p;		/* the point */
 FVECT  ep1, ep2;	/* the end points */
 {
-	static double  d, d1, d2;
+	register double  d, d1, d2;
 
 	d = dist2(ep1, ep2);
 	d1 = dist2(ep1, p);
@@ -96,23 +96,22 @@ double
 normalize(v)			/* normalize a vector, return old magnitude */
 register FVECT  v;
 {
-	static double  len;
+	register double  len;
 	
 	len = DOT(v, v);
 	
 	if (len <= 0.0)
 		return(0.0);
 	
-	/****** problematic
-	if (len >= (1.0-FTINY)*(1.0-FTINY) &&
-			len <= (1.0+FTINY)*(1.0+FTINY))
-		return(1.0);
-	******/
+	if (len <= 1.0+FTINY && len >= 1.0-FTINY)
+		len = 0.5 + 0.5*len;	/* first order approximation */
+	else
+		len = sqrt(len);
 
-	len = sqrt(len);
 	v[0] /= len;
 	v[1] /= len;
 	v[2] /= len;
+
 	return(len);
 }