Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 17:23:23 12/05/02
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On December 05, 2002 at 17:47:18, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On December 05, 2002 at 17:44:19, Dave Gomboc wrote: > >>On December 05, 2002 at 16:26:44, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >> >>>On December 05, 2002 at 12:59:52, Uri Blass wrote: >>> >>>>It is something that the programmer has control over. >>>>A lot of customers use part of the tablebases so programs should know to play >>>>only with part of them. >>> >>>It's not about having part of the tablebases. It's about having >>>specific combinations that will not work. I'd be surprised if >>>any program actually ships with a set that causes problems like >>>this. >>> >>>>If they do not know then it is the programmer's fault. >>>>I agree with jouni uski here. >>> >>>Well, Shredder violently complains about it, as do most >>>programs. >>> >>>>I did not implement tablebases in movei but when I decide to do it I am going >to do it in a correct way. >>> >>>You will have the exact same problem then. This has nothing to do with >>>supporting them correctly - it's an explicit messup on part of the user >>>you have to specifically take into account. >>> >>>-- >>>GCP >> >>I read here about one commercial which shipped with KRPKR but without the >>promotion databases for it. I don't recall which it was, though. >> >>Dave > >The interesting question is then whether the engine had this problem or not :) > >-- >GCP Yeah, it refused to promote, that's why the poster posted. :-) Dave
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