RE: [Bug-gnubg] Idea for encoding 2-sided database

[Ian Shaw]

From: Jim Segrave [mailto:address@hidden 

> On Mon 28 Mar 2005 (16:47 +0100), Ian Shaw wrote:
> > Could we reduce the size of the two-sided database by omitting gin 
> > positions?
> > 
> > Gnubg could assume that if the position was inside the 
> database space 
> > but the result was not stored, then the position is gin. A simple 
> > 0-ply evaluation could be used to verify who has won, and 
> as a sanity check.
> > 
> > I don't know how much effect this would have, but it would have 
> > greater benefits for the larger databases because more 
> positions would be gin.
> 
> I've not looked at the code, but I think it calculates where 
> to look as a fixed function of the current position. If 
> that's the case, then you need different indexing of the 
> database, which might not be a gain.
> 
I was thinking the index number would remain the same. If there is no
entry for that index, then the position is gin. Or is the index number
not actually part of the database? Does gnubg just count CRs or commas
or something?

-- Ian