TSL: Introduce subBuild()

src/Three.TSL.js

@@ -327,7 +327,6 @@ export const mx_transform_uv = TSL.mx_transform_uv;
 export const mx_worley_noise_float = TSL.mx_worley_noise_float;
 export const mx_worley_noise_vec2 = TSL.mx_worley_noise_vec2;
 export const mx_worley_noise_vec3 = TSL.mx_worley_noise_vec3;
-export const namespace = TSL.namespace;
 export const negate = TSL.negate;
 export const neutralToneMapping = TSL.neutralToneMapping;
 export const nodeArray = TSL.nodeArray;
@@ -462,6 +461,7 @@ export const storageTexture = TSL.storageTexture;
 export const string = TSL.string;
 export const struct = TSL.struct;
 export const sub = TSL.sub;
+export const subBuild = TSL.subBuild;
 export const subgroupIndex = TSL.subgroupIndex;
 export const subgroupSize = TSL.subgroupSize;
 export const tan = TSL.tan;

src/materials/nodes/NodeMaterial.js

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { positionLocal, positionView } from '../../nodes/accessors/Position.js';
 import { skinning } from '../../nodes/accessors/SkinningNode.js';
 import { morphReference } from '../../nodes/accessors/MorphNode.js';
 import { mix } from '../../nodes/math/MathNode.js';
-import { namespace, float, vec3, vec4, bool } from '../../nodes/tsl/TSLBase.js';
+import { float, vec3, vec4, bool } from '../../nodes/tsl/TSLBase.js';
 import AONode from '../../nodes/lighting/AONode.js';
 import { lightingContext } from '../../nodes/lighting/LightingContextNode.js';
 import IrradianceNode from '../../nodes/lighting/IrradianceNode.js';
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import getAlphaHashThreshold from '../../nodes/functions/material/getAlphaHashTh
 import { modelViewMatrix } from '../../nodes/accessors/ModelNode.js';
 import { vertexColor } from '../../nodes/accessors/VertexColorNode.js';
 import { premultiplyAlpha } from '../../nodes/display/BlendModes.js';
+import { subBuild } from '../../nodes/core/SubBuildNode.js';
 
 /**
  * Base class for all node materials.
@@ -768,7 +769,7 @@ class NodeMaterial extends Material {
 
 		if ( this.positionNode !== null ) {
 
-			positionLocal.assign( namespace( this.positionNode, 'POSITION' ) );
+			positionLocal.assign( subBuild( this.positionNode, 'POSITION', 'vec3' ) );
 
 		}
 

src/nodes/Nodes.js

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ export { default as StructNode } from './core/StructNode.js';
 export { default as StructTypeNode } from './core/StructTypeNode.js';
 export { default as OutputStructNode } from './core/OutputStructNode.js';
 export { default as MRTNode } from './core/MRTNode.js';
+export { default as SubBuildNode } from './core/SubBuildNode.js';
 
 import * as NodeUtils from './core/NodeUtils.js';
 export { NodeUtils };

src/nodes/accessors/Position.js

@@ -35,23 +35,23 @@ export const positionPrevious = /*@__PURE__*/ positionGeometry.toVarying( 'posit
  */
 export const positionWorld = /*@__PURE__*/ ( Fn( ( builder ) => {
 
-	return modelWorldMatrix.mul( positionLocal ).xyz.toVarying( builder.getNamespace( 'v_positionWorld' ) );
+	return modelWorldMatrix.mul( positionLocal ).xyz.toVarying( builder.getSubBuildProperty( 'v_positionWorld' ) );
 
-}, 'vec3' ).once( 'POSITION' ) )();
+}, 'vec3' ).once( [ 'POSITION' ] ) )();
 
 /**
  * TSL object that represents the position world direction of the current rendered object.
  *
  * @tsl
  * @type {Node<vec3>}
  */
-export const positionWorldDirection = /*@__PURE__*/ ( Fn( ( builder ) => {
+export const positionWorldDirection = /*@__PURE__*/ ( Fn( () => {
 
-	const vertexPWD = positionLocal.transformDirection( modelWorldMatrix ).toVarying( builder.getNamespace( 'v_positionWorldDirection' ) );
+	const vertexPWD = positionLocal.transformDirection( modelWorldMatrix ).toVarying( 'v_positionWorldDirection' );
 
 	return vertexPWD.normalize().toVar( 'positionWorldDirection' );
 
-}, 'vec3' ).once( 'POSITION' ) )();
+}, 'vec3' ).once( [ 'POSITION' ] ) )();
 
 /**
  * TSL object that represents the vertex position in view space of the current rendered object.
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ export const positionWorldDirection = /*@__PURE__*/ ( Fn( ( builder ) => {
  */
 export const positionView = /*@__PURE__*/ ( Fn( ( builder ) => {
 
-	return builder.context.setupPositionView().toVarying( builder.getNamespace( 'v_positionView' ) );
+	return builder.context.setupPositionView().toVarying( 'v_positionView' );
 
-}, 'vec3' ).once( 'POSITION' ) )();
+}, 'vec3' ).once( [ 'POSITION' ] ) )();
 
 /**
  * TSL object that represents the position view direction of the current rendered object.

src/nodes/core/CacheNode.js

@@ -97,18 +97,4 @@ export default CacheNode;
  */
 export const cache = ( node, parent ) => nodeObject( new CacheNode( nodeObject( node ), parent ) );
 
-/**
- * Assigns a namespace to the given node by updating its context.
- *
- * Important for TSL functions that use `.once( namespace )` to ensure that the namespace will run twice,
- * once when the node is build in the specific namespace and once when the node is built in the others namespace.
- *
- * This is useful for nodes like `positionWorld` that need to be re-updated if used in `material.positionNode` and outside of it in the same material.
- *
- * @param {Object} node - The node to which the namespace will be assigned.
- * @param {string} namespace - The namespace to be assigned to the node.
- * @returns {Object} The updated node with the new namespace in its context.
- */
-export const namespace = ( node, namespace ) => node.context( { namespace } );
-
 addMethodChaining( 'cache', cache );

src/nodes/core/Node.js

@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ class Node extends EventDispatcher {
 
 						console.warn( 'THREE.Node: Recursion detected.', this );
 
-						result = '';
+						result = '/* Recursion detected. */';
 
 					}