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Subject: Re: Explosion in WAC 102

Author: Martin Giepmans

Date: 12:59:12 01/11/02

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On January 11, 2002 at 15:18:47, David Rasmussen wrote:

>On January 11, 2002 at 15:12:10, Martin Giepmans wrote:
>
>>
>>It's probably one of those small bugs that are so easy to overlook.
>
>I don't think it's a bug, I think it is an extension problem. But I could be
>wrong.
>

>>There is a pattern: just before ----- (end of iteration?) the count is
>
>Yep.
>
>>way too high. After that (first move of next iteration) it seems ok again.
>
>They are way too high because of extension problems, I think.
>
>>So first rootmove ok, second and next move probably not. Something wrong
>>with initialising the extension-counter when returning to the root??
>>
>
>I reset the counters before each iteration. It gives me more information.
>
>/David

I also don't know if it's a bug.
In my engine I limit the total number of extensions in a line.
If number of extensions>=C I don't extend anymore.
Maybe you could try this (for instance with C=10 or C=15) and see what happens?

Martin





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