Why does 'Vector to color' exist?

V-Ray V-Ray for Houdini Issues
1

Why is VRay treating colors and vectors differently at all? This is very un-Houdini like and VERY confusing for native Houdini users…

2

1. There is TexVectorToColor plugin, but it’s not exposed to the UI.
2. All socket types are converted automatically. Why is there any confusion? If smth doesn’t work just send me the scene and I’ll fix it.

3

That the node exists is exactly why there is confusion. If its not needed because conversions are done automatically, why does it exist as a dropdown node?

4

We should hide it I guess. This node may appear if imported from the vrscene file though.