Re: [gnugo-devel] attack5

[Evan Berggren Daniel]

On Fri, 8 Nov 2002 address@hidden wrote:

>
> > This probably needs a lot more analysis before putting it in CVS.  I'm
> > unsure of whether it's a good idea to put it in without defend5.  Clearly,
> > defend5 is needed before more sophisticated attacks can be tried in
> > attack5.
>
> We probably don't want to do this. The tactical reading assumes that
> a string with 5 liberties is alive, and if it has more than 5 liberties
> attacking it is an issue for the owl code.


The more I think about it, the more I think it doesn't beloong in the
engine.  I wrote it as an experiment, and it turned out interesting enough
that I thought I might analyze it and send it in.  It wasn't exactly a
complex patch...

The only real reason to consider it, I believe, is that it might well be
faster than the owl code with some work.  I'm inclined to think it should
be left out anyway, though.

Thanks

Evan Daniel