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Subject: Re: xboard 4.2.0beta bug?

Author: David Rasmussen

Date: 11:09:07 01/31/01

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On January 31, 2001 at 12:27:56, James Swafford wrote:

>On January 31, 2001 at 12:05:03, David Rasmussen wrote:
>
>
>>4877 <first : move a4
>>4877 >second: time 12000
>>otim 12000
>>4877 >second: a44877 >second: go
>>4887 <second: Illegal move or command: 'a4go'
>>GameEnds(0, (null), 2)
>>9453 >first : force
>>9453 >second: force
>>9453 >first : quit
>>9453 >second: quit
>>
>>The line I'm talking wondering about is
>>
>>4877 >second: a44877 >second: go
>>
>>Why is it sending the a4 without a '\n'?
>>
>>The result is that it is really sending 'a4go', which my engine can't
>>understand...
>
>
>Looks like a bug to me... does this happen every time, or just this
>once?  Does it work with just one engine?

It's exactly the same behavior as the other guy described. I guess I will just
have to go back to the old version.  But my engine was made specifically for
protocol version 2, so maybe I have to change things.

Tim Mann, when will this be fixed?

Maybe I can download the source and fix it myself. Sounds like a small bug.



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