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Subject: Re: crafty: -DFUTILITY better / -DDETECTDRAW worse

Author: Robert Allgeuer

Date: 15:31:44 01/05/04

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>>Interesting.
>>For the Crafty non-expert:
>>what do the symbols FUTILITY and DETECTDRAW do exactly when they are defined?
>>
>>Thanks
>>Robert
>
>
>futility turns on futility pruning ala Heinz.
>
>detectdraw turns on draw detection (extremely blocked up positions).
>
>anthony

Thanks,
does this mean that "normal" compiles of Crafty do not use futility pruning?

Robert




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