Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 17:49:35 03/16/04
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On March 16, 2004 at 10:15:09, William Penn wrote: >On March 16, 2004 at 02:53:53, Dave Gomboc wrote: > >>>>Sounds like there's a defect in the GUI: it shouldn't let you try to change the >>>>hash table size in mid-search. >>>> >>>>Dave >>> >>>I think it should be intelligent enough to allow changing the hash size anytime. >> >>I strongly doubt the reasonableness of manipulating the hash table in >>mid-search. You can do it, but that doesn't make it a good idea. >> >>Dave > >That's done all the time. Consider what happens when you use the + and - options >to increase/decrease the number of lines in the engine window in infinite >analysis mode. That's handled "on the fly" without any problem, and the hash >table is certainly involved. Prior search results are obviously retained in the >hash table there after making a change. It doesn't cause a problem with any >engine, insofar as I'm aware. Of course it doesn't cause a problem -- the hash table doesn't need to change configuration when you decide to report PVs for multiple nodes at the root. You can truncate your hash table in mid-search, but you'll end up with a ton of hash misses that will drag the efficiency of your search way down. Dave
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