Re: [gnugo-devel] fast liberties & patterns anchored in goal

[Trevor Morris]

At 07:27 PM 2/6/2002 +0100, Gunnar Farneback wrote:
>Trevor wrote:
>> The main pattern diagram now accepts two new characters: P & Y
>> (P follows O, Y follows X).  P is the same as O, but that this
>> point must be the anchor.  Likewise, for Y & X.
>
>I recommend changing P to Q since it is visually more similar to O.
>Actually mkpat already has an interpretation of Q, but this has long
>been abandoned and can safely be discarded. When it was used, in a
>failed escape route estimation experiment, it was equivalent to an O
>but marked for special treatment in the callback.

I'll do this.  It's easiest for me if you can accept this patch,
and I'll re-patch over it tomorrow or Friday.

-Trevor