Move best = MOVE_NONE;
};
- // Breadcrumbs are used to mark nodes as being searched by a given thread.
+ // Breadcrumbs are used to mark nodes as being searched by a given thread
struct Breadcrumb {
std::atomic<Thread*> thread;
std::atomic<Key> key;
};
std::array<Breadcrumb, 1024> breadcrumbs;
- // ThreadHolding keeps track of which thread left breadcrumbs at the given node for potential reductions.
- // A free node will be marked upon entering the moves loop, and unmarked upon leaving that loop, by the ctor/dtor of this struct.
+ // ThreadHolding structure keeps track of which thread left breadcrumbs at the given
+ // node for potential reductions. A free node will be marked upon entering the moves
+ // loop by the constructor, and unmarked upon leaving that loop by the destructor.
struct ThreadHolding {
explicit ThreadHolding(Thread* thisThread, Key posKey, int ply) {
location = ply < 8 ? &breadcrumbs[posKey & (breadcrumbs.size() - 1)] : nullptr;
owning = false;
if (location)
{
- // see if another already marked this location, if not, mark it ourselves.
+ // See if another already marked this location, if not, mark it ourselves
Thread* tmp = (*location).thread.load(std::memory_order_relaxed);
if (tmp == nullptr)
{
}
~ThreadHolding() {
- if (owning) // free the marked location.
+ if (owning) // Free the marked location
(*location).thread.store(nullptr, std::memory_order_relaxed);
}
// statScore of the previous grandchild. This influences the reduction rules in
// LMR which are based on the statScore of parent position.
if (rootNode)
- (ss + 4)->statScore = 0;
+ (ss+4)->statScore = 0;
else
- (ss + 2)->statScore = 0;
+ (ss+2)->statScore = 0;
// Step 4. Transposition table lookup. We don't want the score of a partial
// search to overwrite a previous full search TT value, so we use a different
// Extra penalty for early quiet moves of the previous ply
if ((ss-1)->moveCount <= 2 && !pos.captured_piece())
- update_continuation_histories(ss-1, pos.piece_on(prevSq), prevSq, -stat_bonus(depth + ONE_PLY));
+ update_continuation_histories(ss-1, pos.piece_on(prevSq), prevSq, -stat_bonus(depth + ONE_PLY));
}
// Penalty for a quiet ttMove that fails low
else if (!pos.capture_or_promotion(ttMove))
moveCountPruning = false;
ttCapture = ttMove && pos.capture_or_promotion(ttMove);
- // Mark this node as being searched.
+ // Mark this node as being searched
ThreadHolding th(thisThread, posKey, ss->ply);
// Step 12. Loop through all pseudo-legal moves until no moves remain