Re: [gnugo-devel] Patch: life.c 1-dimensional

[Heikki Levanto]

On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 05:06:02PM +0200, Gunnar Farneback wrote:
> I strongly disagree. I have tested both approaches and the compass
> macros win by a large margin. I find it much faster to visualize
> NORTH(pos) than pos-NS (which I find about equivalent to (i-1, j)),
> especially when the expressions become more complex. 


Admittedly this is a matter of taste, but we really ought to find *one* way
of doing it! And I must say I put my vote with Gunnar's position, voting for
NORTH and against poss-NS.  If the name NORTH is too long and complex to
handle, I would even prefer N,E,S,W to +- NS.


-H

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