Re: [computer-go] Storing positions

[Darren Cook <darren@xxxxxxxxx>]

> Is there a standard format for storing Go positions in a compact way
> that is easy for both humans and programs to parse?

Ascii board diagrams (. for empty, @ or # for black, O for white). Very
easy for humans, fairly easy for programs. It maybe fails the "compact"
requirement. It also has carriage-returns.

I also store board positions in binary format (in recent code I'm using
Boost's serialization library), but just to save time loading/parsing
rather than saving disk space.

> From the little that I've looked at SGF it seems rather complex for
> simply storing a position.

SGF is difficult to parse for humans and computers, and not that
compact: but it is established, so fighting it will just be wasted effort.

Darren
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