Author: Uri Blass
Date: 00:13:46 07/18/02
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On July 18, 2002 at 02:25:50, Steffen Jakob wrote:
>On July 18, 2002 at 00:37:57, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On July 17, 2002 at 16:30:24, Patrik wrote:
>>
>>>Hello, Dr Hyatt.
>>>
>>> if (do_null && !tree->in_check[ply] && pieces && (pieces>5 || depth<421)) {
>>>
>>>Where does the depth 421 come from?
>>>
>>>Thank you.
>>
>>
>>A ply is 60, so that says "if (depth <= 7) (7*60=420)
>
>Craftys code uses a lot of magic numbers which makes it difficult to read
>sometimes. Why not write "depth <= 7*INCPLY" here?
>
>Greetings,
>Steffen.
Speed.
Calculating <421 is faster than calculating 7*INCPLY again and again.
If the target is to do the code more easy to understand then it is possible to
add a comment in the code.
Uri
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