[Bug-gnubg] optional (re)doubles

[Robert-Jan Veldhuizen]

At 17:35 8/3/2002 -0400, Joern Thyssen wrote:

> Technically, it is a redouble, but since there is no market losers it
> doesn't cost anything to wait.

Strictly speaking, it's an optional redouble (technically).

If ND==DT maybe GNUBG could have a seperate category, optional (re)double, 
take? Now it's more or less arbitrary which GNUBNG chooses. Without 
market-losers, there's no reason at all to double technically (but no 
reason to wait either).

The same happens when ND==DP; I think GNUBG should say "optional 
(re)double/too good to redouble, pass".

Right now, GNUBG sometimes says "too good to double" for a player who can't 
even score a gammon, but loses nothing by waiting a turn to cash. Maybe it 
should say "optional (re)double, pass" in those cases.


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Robert-Jan (Zorba on FIBS)