Re: [gnugo-devel] Level patch

[Arend Bayer]

Dan wrote:

> Assuming this, I suggest that we should then restore the
> superstring and owl_substantial services at level 9. This
> is done by this patch. This means in practice that these
> services should be shut off below level 8, because the
> level 7/8 speedup is obtained by shutting off services.
> This will make level 8 slower, but the gap between
> level 8 and 9 is big and the gap between level 7 and
> 8 is small, so we can afford to do this.
>
> See the patch.

I agree with turning off the breakin code below level 10. However, I
really wonder whether it is worth to turn off the superstring stuff
at low levels at all, as it gives so little benefit. (Your figures
agree with testing I had done quite a while ago.) But that's a 3.5 issue
I suggest.

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