Slight speep up fetching the endgame table

[stockfish] / src / material.cpp

diff --git a/src/material.cpp b/src/material.cpp
index 773f332f20fddfdcebfacf441af9b2f18b19bd82..11d4c687dfe7066ee1abda9b2d933c70f34b24c6 100644 (file)
--- a/src/material.cpp
+++ b/src/material.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
 
-#include <algorithm> // For std::min
 #include <cassert>
 #include <cstring>   // For std::memset
 
@@ -130,7 +129,7 @@ Entry* probe(const Position& pos) {
 
   Value npm_w = pos.non_pawn_material(WHITE);
   Value npm_b = pos.non_pawn_material(BLACK);
-  Value npm = std::max(EndgameLimit, std::min(npm_w + npm_b, MidgameLimit));
+  Value npm   = clamp(npm_w + npm_b, EndgameLimit, MidgameLimit);
 
   // Map total non-pawn material into [PHASE_ENDGAME, PHASE_MIDGAME]
   e->gamePhase = Phase(((npm - EndgameLimit) * PHASE_MIDGAME) / (MidgameLimit - EndgameLimit));
@@ -138,10 +137,10 @@ Entry* probe(const Position& pos) {
   // Let's look if we have a specialized evaluation function for this particular
   // material configuration. Firstly we look for a fixed configuration one, then
   // for a generic one if the previous search failed.
-  if ((e->evaluationFunction = pos.this_thread()->endgames.probe<Value>(key)) != nullptr)
+  if ((e->evaluationFunction = Endgames::probe<Value>(key)) != nullptr)
       return e;
 
-  for (Color c = WHITE; c <= BLACK; ++c)
+  for (Color c : { WHITE, BLACK })
       if (is_KXK(pos, c))
       {
           e->evaluationFunction = &EvaluateKXK[c];
@@ -150,9 +149,9 @@ Entry* probe(const Position& pos) {
 
   // OK, we didn't find any special evaluation function for the current material
   // configuration. Is there a suitable specialized scaling function?
-  const EndgameBase<ScaleFactor>* sf;
+  const auto* sf = Endgames::probe<ScaleFactor>(key);
 
-  if ((sf = pos.this_thread()->endgames.probe<ScaleFactor>(key)) != nullptr)
+  if (sf)
   {
       e->scalingFunction[sf->strongSide] = sf; // Only strong color assigned
       return e;
@@ -161,7 +160,7 @@ Entry* probe(const Position& pos) {
   // We didn't find any specialized scaling function, so fall back on generic
   // ones that refer to more than one material distribution. Note that in this
   // case we don't return after setting the function.
-  for (Color c = WHITE; c <= BLACK; ++c)
+  for (Color c : { WHITE, BLACK })
   {
     if (is_KBPsK(pos, c))
         e->scalingFunction[c] = &ScaleKBPsK[c];