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Subject: Re: Crafty 15.19 Tablebase problems

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 12:35:42 09/15/98

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On September 15, 1998 at 13:18:21, Paul Massie wrote:

>I tried deleting position.*, but the result was the same.  Here's the log file
>(it's quite short!)
>--------------------------------------------
>Crafty v15.19
>
>White(1): e4
>              time used:   2.26
>              clearing hash tables
>               book moves {c5, c6, d6}
>               book   0.0s     35%    c5!
>
>Black(1): c5
>              time used:   0.24
>              puzzling over a move to ponder.
>              clearing hash tables
>               book moves {c4, Nf3, c3}
>               book   0.0s     10%    c3
>White(2): c3 [pondering]
>              clearing hash tables
>----------------------------------------------
>at this point it hung and would not let me enter another move.  About 30 seconds
>later Windows 95 gave me a message that Crafty had performed an illegal
>operation and was being terminated.
>
>I'm running this in a directory with WinBoard, where I name the Crafty file
>simply "wcrafty.exe", so that I can put in new versions without changing
>anything else.  When I try running the 15.18 version it works fine, before and
>after failing on the 15.19 version.
>
>Paul

Can you email me the complete log file?  First thought is that you have your
hash table set way too big, which would account for the long pause after the
"clearing hash tables."  Several are running 15.19 with no problems, including
Jason (who compiles it).  It's just a matter if finding out what has gotten
broken...




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