Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 21:42:27 01/30/99
I am going to create a special opening book that uses the C.A.P. data. It will also contain some middlegame and endgame stuff in it, but most programs will have little interest in that. What I would like to know is what API would you like to use? I can make it a C API or C++ objects. I also would like to get your thoughts on what the volume of information you would like back is. I will have a suggested move for all positions, a best move for some positions, and an avoid move for a few positions. I will have a pv -- how much of that would you like and in what format? I will have a ce. Would you like second guesses also (I have tables with the same information but did not get run as long and occasionally the answers are different) or best answer only? What should the format for the positions be? If binary rather than character string, what format will convey the all the information that everyone needs? I can possibly start up the inquiry data structure with various attributes depending upon the way it is constructed. I will also have an interface to update the database. That way, it can grow in information over time. What I would like is a clear specification that would benefit the broadest possible range of programmers with the greatest possible utility.
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