computer-go: gnu-go agreement protocol

[Don Dailey <drd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gunnar,

What are   the  chances that  the   agreement protocol we    have been
discussing on this  group  get implemented in  gnugo  as part of   the
Tromp/Taylor ruleset that you say will soon get implemented?

I want to code up either a perl or C based autotester/arbiter and will
use    GTP  as  the   communication  protocol  and   modify my program
accordingly to work with Tromp/Taylor.

Before I go  to  the trouble, it  would   be nice  to think  that  the
protocol is somehting that at least one other program will understand.
More importantly,  since this is  an optional protocol my main concern
is simply that it gets documented and there is some standardizatoin of
the format of a  new GTP  command to support   it (I believe  the only
thing needed is a  GTP command to give a  score  to the arbiter  while
making a pass move.)

Any thoughts?


This is what I have in mind, subject to any additional feedback that
comes along:
  
 .  You can optionally give a score with a pass move.

 .  Game is over on 2 consecutive passes if neither gives a
    score or both sides give scores that are in agreement.

 .  Game is over on 4 consecutive passes regardless of what scores
    are given.



Don