Re: [gnugo-devel] Owl hashing broken in trevor:261

[Trevor Morris]

This appears to be working now.  Did someone fix this on purpose,
and did I miss it in the build notes?

Thanks,
Trevor

At 01:19 PM 11/2/2001 -0500, Trevor Morris wrote:
>This discussion relates to trevor:261.
>
>In short, by disabling owl hashing, confirm_safety works correctly.
>Be enabling the owl hashing (default), there is a problem.  Simplest
>solution would be to clear the cache before checking move safety,
>but that seems like a cop-out.  Any thoughts on why this is happening?
>
>FYI (in case you don't remember):
> HASH_OWL_ATTACK   0x0100
> HASH_OWL_DEFEND   0x0200
>
>The following commands all incorrectly find a blunder:
>gq  -l games/trevor/trevor_26.sgf -L 39 -t
>gq  -l games/trevor/trevor_26.sgf -L 39 -t --hash 0x0221
>gq  -l games/trevor/trevor_26.sgf -L 39 -t --hash 0x0121
>....
>Top moves:
>1. F9  16.23
>2. A2  8.28
>3. A3  0.37
>Checking safety of a black move at F9
>Move at F9 would be a blunder.
>Checking safety of a black move at A2
>Move generation likes A2 with value 8.28
>genmove() recommends A2 with value 8.28
>black (X) move A2
>
>
>Completely disabling Owl hashing solves the problem:
>gq  -l games/trevor/trevor_26.sgf -L 39 -t --hash 0x0021
>Top moves:
>1. F9  16.22
>2. A2  8.28
>3. A3  0.36
>Checking safety of a black move at F9
>Move generation likes F9 with value 16.22
>genmove() recommends F9 with value 16.22
>black (X) move F9
>
>
>-Trevor
>
>
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