In http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnugo-devel/2003-07/msg00059.html I proposed removal of certain obsolete pieces of code to improve maintenance after the release of 3.4. Now I think it's time for another round. This time I propose removal of the items below. Please protest if you disagree or add things I have missed.
* experimental pattern based tactical reading This was left in the post 3.4 cleaning but have since then received no attention. It's also way slower than the usual tactical reading (several times slower, possibly as much as eight) and has a big negative breakage. * tree-based pattern matching Was also left in the post 3.4 cleaning but has received no attention since. It's also rather intrusive, in particular in mkpat.c. * debugboard Was left in the post 3.4 cleaning awaiting a replacement. Now view.pike is quite useful, while debugboard in the meantime has broken from a lack of maintenance. * alternate connections Is there any point in keeping those around any longer? Was also left in the post 3.4 cleaning but nobody seems much interested. * cutstone.tst, semeai2.tst, and *_rot.tst I proposed removing these in http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnugo-devel/2004-11/msg00069.html which went without response and I forgot about it at the time. * unused game records in regression/golois The regression/golois directory contains sgf files provided by Tristan Cazenave together with the test cases in capture.tst, connect.tst, vie.tst, and global.tst. Only a third of the game records in regression/golois are used in any tests, however. The rest occupies space without being of any use and are not particularly interesting at all from a GNU Go point of view. * useless information in kgs game records As you may have noticed game records from kgs are rather verbose, e.g. with lines like: ;B[pq]CR[pq]BL[288.459]OB[22] where the first property (the move) is meaningful, the second property (a circle at the move) is utterly useless and the last two properties (timing information) are at best marginally useful in the regression context. * transpat and patlib Old, unused, and broken code to transform patterns in *.db files. /Gunnar _______________________________________________ gnugo-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnugo-devel
