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RE: [computer-go] SGC
> Interesting idea. Of course the actual diskspace saved will
> depend on the blocksize of the partition containing the SGF
> files but in general I expect the disk usage would drop by
> 50% for partitions with 1K-blocks (eg GoBase.org). For disks
> with 4K-blocks the S[] format wouldn't safe anything for the
> average SGF file (1-2KB).
Right. This doesn't save much for individual files. The savings come when
you have thousands of games in a single file, which is also much more
efficient for reading a lot of files.
> Does an S[] sequence of moves always assume Black moves first?
> So in a handicap the file would be encoded as: W[..]S[......]?
Exactly.
Anders Kierulf
www.smartgo.com
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