CLerpNodePathInterval - a query

[Juggernaut]

CLerpNodePathInterval An interval that lerps one or more properties (like pos, hpr, etc.) on a NodePath over time

What is the meaning of lerp in this context ?

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lerp

a sweet waxy secretion found in Australia and Tasmania on the leaves of eucalyptus trees that is produced as a protection by the young of jumping plant lice of Spondyliaspis and related genera and is eaten by aborigines

CLerpNodePathInterval Class Reference -

An interval that lerps one or more properties (like pos, hpr, etc.) on a NodePath over time.

Can anybody the concept behind this class in plain english ?

[flavio]

Hi, the documentation of its parent doesn't contain that contraction:

Detailed Description
The base class for a family of intervals that linearly interpolate one or more numeric values over time.

I presume the class you have cited does this on a specific NodePath.

[Juggernaut]

Yes you are right. I should have got the idea myself.