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Subject: Re: Returning PV from hash table

Author: Sune Fischer

Date: 06:02:07 01/17/03

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On January 17, 2003 at 00:55:45, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>>What are the problems with the basic triangular pv array?
>
>
>None.  That is what I use.  Some have trouble understanding it at first
>and some want something that they think is more efficient.  Either can work
>but the array approach (to me) is the simplest, easiest to understand, and
>provides the most reliable PV.

I agree.
I think also the better move ordering you have the less overhead there is, since
it only updates on pv moves.

Most of these updates will also be done way out at the leafs, which means the
memcpy doesn't need to copy very long PV's.

-S.



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