Re: [gnugo-devel] tuning patch

[Arend Bayer]

Gunnar wrote:

> This patch includes various tuning, mostly of the owl and endgame
> varieties.

> - never give cutstone bonus for an inessential string

Is this doing anything. If I read the last loop in
make_worms correctly, a (potential) cutting stone can never be inessential.

I stumbled across this in a case where it pretty much didn't make sense,
so I am not sure whether this policy is right.

Arend


> @@ -2042,7 +2048,7 @@
>        * FIXME: When worm[aa].cutstone2 == 1 we should probably add
>        *        a followup value.
>        */
> -     if (worm[aa].cutstone2 > 1) {
> +     if (worm[aa].cutstone2 > 1 && !worm[aa].inessential) {
>         double ko_factor = 1;
>         if (move_reasons[r].type == ATTACK_MOVE_GOOD_KO
>             || move_reasons[r].type == DEFEND_MOVE_GOOD_KO) {