Re: [Bug-gnubg] Command-line bug ?

[Jim Segrave]

On Wed 23 Aug 2006 (20:29 +0200), Jim Segrave wrote:
> On Wed 23 Aug 2006 (17:44 +0200), Jim Segrave wrote:
> > On Wed 23 Aug 2006 (17:39 +0200), Christian Anthon wrote:
> > > Sounds like a more educated fix, however, it doesn't quite work:
> > 
> > Nope, I'm working on it. I did a quick hack on a test system (not
> > current) and, as luck would have it, it looked normal, but there is
> > more setup to be done. I should have it solved in a few minutes.
> 
> Hmm - I'm struggling with this one - CommandRollout is re-using too
> many data structures (it was OK when each rollout was done to
> completion, but has been wrong ever since - the count of trials and
> all the stats were in a common data block for a hint. I'll keep
> working on it.

I begin to see something interesting. If you run gnubg with a GUI from
an xterm (or, I suppose, a DOS window) and enter the commands Jon
posted, you'll get the erroneous results identical to the CLI version
- this one calls CommandHint() followed by CommandRollout(). In the
GUI if you pop up a Hint window and then select some moves ans ask for
them to be rolled out, you get the correct result. In this case, it
calls ScoreMoveRollout(). The two routines have much in common, so
much so that they need to be merged into a single routine. The logic is
fairly complicated, but I think the cause lies in a failure to
correctly set up the board and the flags needed for a rollout.


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