namespace {
- // There are 24 possible pawn squares: the first 4 files and ranks from 2 to 7
+ // There are 24 possible pawn squares: files A to D and ranks from 2 to 7.
+ // Positions with the pawn on files E to H will be mirrored before probing.
constexpr unsigned MAX_INDEX = 2*24*64*64; // stm * psq * wksq * bksq = 196608
// Each uint32_t stores results of 32 positions, one per bit
// bit 13-14: white pawn file (from FILE_A to FILE_D)
// bit 15-17: white pawn RANK_7 - rank (from RANK_7 - RANK_7 to RANK_7 - RANK_2)
unsigned index(Color us, Square bksq, Square wksq, Square psq) {
- return wksq | (bksq << 6) | (us << 12) | (file_of(psq) << 13) | ((RANK_7 - rank_of(psq)) << 15);
+ return int(wksq) | (bksq << 6) | (us << 12) | (file_of(psq) << 13) | ((RANK_7 - rank_of(psq)) << 15);
}
enum Result {