Re: [Bug-gnubg] bug in latest build

[Joern Thyssen]

On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 01:58:06AM +0100, Øystein Johansen wrote
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> Øystein Johansen wrote:
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> | Peter Sochovsky wrote:
> | Maybe this bug is related to (or exact the same as) the bug I'm
> | experinceing right now. (And maybe the same as Murat talks about at
> r.g.b).
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> | I get a sudden close down when the computer evaluates a race position.
> | The exit code is 3, says the debugger. I haven't tracked it fully down
> | yet, but I will. Be sure!
> 
> Maybe this is also connected to the bug report from Dennis.
> 
> To me it looks like GNU Backgammon tries to evaluate a race position
> with the bearoff database.
> 
> Ah!  Got it!
> 
> It's crashing on the new code in bearoff.c. But why is this code called
> at all when evaluating a race position?

Yes, if you evaluate on n-ply with n > 1 you may end up at the bearoff
database at the deeper plies. The new code was supposed to be a sanity
check for corrupted databases. Maybe one of the if-tests are wrong.

Jørn

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