+} // namespace
+
+
+/// UCI::loop() waits for a command from stdin, parses it and calls the appropriate
+/// function. Also intercepts EOF from stdin to ensure gracefully exiting if the
+/// GUI dies unexpectedly. When called with some command line arguments, e.g. to
+/// run 'bench', once the command is executed the function returns immediately.
+/// In addition to the UCI ones, also some additional debug commands are supported.
+
+void UCI::loop(int argc, char* argv[]) {
+
+ Position pos;
+ string token, cmd;
+ StateListPtr states(new std::deque<StateInfo>(1));
+
+ pos.set(StartFEN, false, &states->back(), Threads.main());
+
+ for (int i = 1; i < argc; ++i)
+ cmd += std::string(argv[i]) + " ";
+
+ do {
+ if (argc == 1 && !getline(cin, cmd)) // Block here waiting for input or EOF
+ cmd = "quit";
+
+ istringstream is(cmd);
+
+ token.clear(); // Avoid a stale if getline() returns empty or blank line
+ is >> skipws >> token;
+
+ if ( token == "quit"
+ || token == "stop")
+ Threads.stop = true;
+
+ // The GUI sends 'ponderhit' to tell us the user has played the expected move.
+ // So 'ponderhit' will be sent if we were told to ponder on the same move the
+ // user has played. We should continue searching but switch from pondering to
+ // normal search.
+ else if (token == "ponderhit")
+ Threads.main()->ponder = false; // Switch to normal search
+
+ else if (token == "uci")
+ sync_cout << "id name " << engine_info(true)
+ << "\n" << Options
+ << "\nuciok" << sync_endl;
+
+ else if (token == "setoption") setoption(is);
+ else if (token == "go") go(pos, is, states);
+ else if (token == "position") position(pos, is, states);
+ else if (token == "ucinewgame") Search::clear();
+ else if (token == "isready") sync_cout << "readyok" << sync_endl;
+
+ // Additional custom non-UCI commands, mainly for debugging.
+ // Do not use these commands during a search!
+ else if (token == "flip") pos.flip();
+ else if (token == "bench") bench(pos, is, states);
+ else if (token == "d") sync_cout << pos << sync_endl;
+ else if (token == "eval") trace_eval(pos);
+ else if (token == "compiler") sync_cout << compiler_info() << sync_endl;
+ else if (token == "export_net")
+ {
+ std::optional<std::string> filename;
+ std::string f;
+ if (is >> skipws >> f)
+ filename = f;
+ Eval::NNUE::save_eval(filename);
+ }
+ else if (!token.empty() && token[0] != '#')
+ sync_cout << "Unknown command: " << cmd << sync_endl;
+
+ } while (token != "quit" && argc == 1); // Command line args are one-shot
+}