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Subject: Re: Most obscure bug *ever*

Author: Russell Reagan

Date: 16:59:11 10/23/02

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On October 23, 2002 at 15:25:04, Colin Frayn wrote:

>Then I suddenly realised.  Carlos had been sending strings to the engine of the
>form;
>3r4/5b2/1k1r1p2/Np5p/4P1p1/2R1KPP1/2P4P/R7 w
>
>(i.e. missing off the last two dashes.)  The full string should be
>3r4/5b2/1k1r1p2/Np5p/4P1p1/2R1KPP1/2P4P/R7 w - -
>
>but of course the shortened version should still be valid.

Or should it? I'm not sure if there is a FEN standard or not. Is it really a FEN
string if it's missing some fields? My program doesn't change anything if there
aren't 6 FEN fields. However, I suppose it wouldn't hurt to default the fields
that are possible to assume.

Russell



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