Re: [gnugo-devel] Re: Stack over-run

[Daniel Bump]

Trevor wrote:

> Basically, the assumption that (2 * MAX_BOARD * MAX_BOARD / 3)
> is sufficicient for the string[] structure is wrong.

Gunnar wrote:

> > The new value ( MAX_BOARD * MAX_BOARD * 2 / 3 ) is still quite a bit
> > deeper than GNU Go should ever try.
> 
> No, this is not safe. It's not only the reading code doing trymoves.
> Unconditional_life() can get very close to filling the entire board
> under certain circumstances. This was discussed in the list around
> August 21 last year, in a thread with the subject "gnugo bug logs".

I had forgotten Gunnar's comment when I checked trevor_1_25.2 into
CVS. I suppose we should increase MAXSTACK again.

Dan