Re: [Bug-gnubg] Multi-threaded cubeful #Q0 bug

[Jonathan Kinsey]

Christian Anthon wrote:
> Jonathan Kinsey wrote:
>> I'm pretty sure this is a bug in the cache code that doesn't treat the
>> cubeful
>> equities correctly. I'm in the midst of changing the cache code so
>> can't check
>> in a fix at the moment. The fact that is seems to work on some machines is
>> probably a mixture of the default values being copied (0 vs rubbish)
>> and the
>> amount of cache usage (number of threads).
>>
> If that is the case turning of the cache should cure the problem. I
> believe that you can do "set cache 0" in the command panel to turn off
> the cache. Could somebody who observe the problem try that, please.

I just tried that (I can reproduce the problem with the latest install but not
if i build the code) and it worked fine after "set cache 0".

>> I think the fix is to set the cubeful equity to zero when adding it to
>> the cache
>> (or maybe copy it if this is calculated?). The fix might be just adding:
>> ec.ar[ OUTPUT_CUBEFUL_EQUITY ] = 0;
>> before the CacheAdd calls (or in the CacheAdd function). It looks like
>> the 6th
>> value isn't set either (equity?) so this might need fixing as well?
>>
> I don't know too much about how the cache works. However, plied cubeful
> evaluation are not a function of the win/g/bg probabilities alone. So I
> think that both the cubeful and cubeless equties (the 6'th value) should
> be right.

Yes but only for cubeful analysis right? I think most of the analysis e.g.
EvaluatePositionFull() only returns the 5 w/l stats.

Jon

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