Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 01:35:24 07/18/02
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On July 18, 2002 at 03:13:46, Uri Blass wrote:
>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
You have a serious misconception about how compilers work. Any semi-decent
compiler will produce identical code in either version. The more readable
version should be preferred.
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