Re: [gnugo-devel] MAX_LIBERTIES

[Paul Pogonyshev]

Evan Daniel wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 20:31:18 +0100 (CET), Arend Bayer
>
> <address@hidden> wrote:
> > So question: Do we rather want slightly easier code or 1% performance
> > gain?
>
> I would vote for the 1% performance gain.  Normally I like simpler
> code, but it seems to me that the board library is sufficiently
> divorced from the rest of the program that making it simpler or more
> complex won't have much of an impact on normal GNU Go hacking.
> However, a 1% gain, while small, is useful (every litttle bit helps
>
> :)).

I'm second here.  There is no good reason to hack on (deep) board code
other than speed optimization anyway, so simplification doesn't seem to
be particularly useful.

Paul