I want to add synonyms for two gtp commands in GNU Go 2.7.248. I don't want to remove the old names but I prefer the name "captures" to "prisoners" and "new_score" should be called "estimate_score".
Dan
I agree.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Bump" bump@match.Stanford.EDU To: gtp@lists.lysator.liu.se Cc: gnugo@gnu.org Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 10:19 AM Subject: [gtp] Two synonyms
I want to add synonyms for two gtp commands in GNU Go 2.7.248. I don't want to remove the old names but I prefer the name "captures" to "prisoners" and "new_score" should be called "estimate_score".
Dan
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Dan wrote:
I want to add synonyms for two gtp commands in GNU Go 2.7.248. I don't want to remove the old names but I prefer the name "captures" to "prisoners"
Do you consider "captures" as less ambiguous than "prisoners" or is there some other reason?
and "new_score" should be called "estimate_score".
Yes, new_score is obviously an unreasonable name for a standardized command.
/Gunnar
Dan wrote:
I want to add synonyms for two gtp commands in GNU Go 2.7.248. I don't want to remove the old names but I prefer the name "captures" to "prisoners"
Do you consider "captures" as less ambiguous than "prisoners" or is there some other reason?
I never hear the word ``prisoners'' used among experienced Go players in the US, who talk about captures and capture dishes. It has a sort of disagreeable connotation, if you think how prisoners of war are usually treated.
I don't think any existing gtp applications actually use the ''prisoners'' command, having just grepped gnugoclient-2.0 and regression/ .
Dan
Dan wrote:
I never hear the word ``prisoners'' used among experienced Go players in the US, who talk about captures and capture dishes. It has a sort of disagreeable connotation, if you think how prisoners of war are usually treated.
I'm fairly certain that the English language literature frequently speaks of prisoners, but I can't say it matter much to me which term is used in GTP.
I don't think any existing gtp applications actually use the ''prisoners'' command, having just grepped gnugoclient-2.0 and regression/ .
I have never used it so far, at least.
/Gunnar