Author: Steffan Westcott
Date: 17:17:33 08/26/05
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On August 26, 2005 at 15:04:55, Robert Hyatt wrote: >I have four choices for which square bit 0 represents (four logical choices, >anyway, I guess one could number bits randomly should they choose). > >A1 = 0 >H1 = 0 >A8 = 0 >H8 = 0 > >For those of you using bitboards, which did you use? Since it doesn't matter to >me at all, since I am having to rewrite a bunch of stuff to make this work, I >thought I would try to match the most common layout which will make the programs >more compatible if we share any ideas. > >I am leaning toward H1 = 0, H2 = 8, ..., H8 = 56 and A8 = 63, but I've not made >any decision yet... I'm using the numbering scheme you are suggesting, I find it helps visualisation, as the left/right-ness is preserved. However, when answering CCC posts, I change the numbering to match the scheme adopted by the original poster :) Cheers, Steffan
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