Re: [gnugo-devel] gnugo

[Gunnar Farnebäck]

aquarius wrote:
> > 7 If the engine and the human disagree on the status of living and
> >   dead stones at the end of the game, one of two things will happen:
> >   If the game uses non-Japanese rules and the engine supports the
> >   kgs-genmove_cleanup command, then the engine will recommend that the
> >   human press "undo", after which the engine will get
> >   kgs-genmove_cleanup commands until it passes. If the game uses
> >   Japanese rules or the engine does not support kgs-genmove_cleanup,
> >   then the engine will simply refuse to score the game unless the
> >   human agrees.
> 
> This section seems to be pretty ambiguous about
> the responsibilities of the engine and kgsGtp.

The engine has no say in the matter. If kgsGtp asks it to generate a
move, it does. If kgsGtp asks it to generate a cleanup move, it does.
If kgsGtp asks it what it thinks the score is and which strings are
dead, it answers the question, and so on.

/Gunnar