/*
Stockfish, a UCI chess playing engine derived from Glaurung 2.1
- Copyright (C) 2004-2020 The Stockfish developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ Copyright (C) 2004-2022 The Stockfish developers (see AUTHORS file)
Stockfish is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
#include "types.h"
+namespace Stockfish {
+
namespace Bitbases {
void init();
bool probe(Square wksq, Square wpsq, Square bksq, Color us);
-}
+} // namespace Stockfish::Bitbases
namespace Bitboards {
void init();
-const std::string pretty(Bitboard b);
+std::string pretty(Bitboard b);
-}
+} // namespace Stockfish::Bitboards
constexpr Bitboard AllSquares = ~Bitboard(0);
constexpr Bitboard DarkSquares = 0xAA55AA55AA55AA55ULL;
extern uint8_t SquareDistance[SQUARE_NB][SQUARE_NB];
extern Bitboard SquareBB[SQUARE_NB];
+extern Bitboard BetweenBB[SQUARE_NB][SQUARE_NB];
extern Bitboard LineBB[SQUARE_NB][SQUARE_NB];
extern Bitboard PseudoAttacks[PIECE_TYPE_NB][SQUARE_NB];
extern Bitboard PawnAttacks[COLOR_NB][SQUARE_NB];
inline Bitboard line_bb(Square s1, Square s2) {
assert(is_ok(s1) && is_ok(s2));
+
return LineBB[s1][s2];
}
-/// between_bb() returns a bitboard representing squares that are linearly
-/// between the two given squares (excluding the given squares). If the given
-/// squares are not on a same file/rank/diagonal, we return 0. For instance,
-/// between_bb(SQ_C4, SQ_F7) will return a bitboard with squares D5 and E6.
+/// between_bb(s1, s2) returns a bitboard representing the squares in the semi-open
+/// segment between the squares s1 and s2 (excluding s1 but including s2). If the
+/// given squares are not on a same file/rank/diagonal, it returns s2. For instance,
+/// between_bb(SQ_C4, SQ_F7) will return a bitboard with squares D5, E6 and F7, but
+/// between_bb(SQ_E6, SQ_F8) will return a bitboard with the square F8. This trick
+/// allows to generate non-king evasion moves faster: the defending piece must either
+/// interpose itself to cover the check or capture the checking piece.
inline Bitboard between_bb(Square s1, Square s2) {
- Bitboard b = line_bb(s1, s2) & ((AllSquares << s1) ^ (AllSquares << s2));
- return b & (b - 1); //exclude lsb
+
+ assert(is_ok(s1) && is_ok(s2));
+
+ return BetweenBB[s1][s2];
}
-/// forward_ranks_bb() returns a bitboard representing the squares on the ranks
-/// in front of the given one, from the point of view of the given color. For instance,
+/// forward_ranks_bb() returns a bitboard representing the squares on the ranks in
+/// front of the given one, from the point of view of the given color. For instance,
/// forward_ranks_bb(BLACK, SQ_D3) will return the 16 squares on ranks 1 and 2.
constexpr Bitboard forward_ranks_bb(Color c, Square s) {
#endif
+/// least_significant_square_bb() returns the bitboard of the least significant
+/// square of a non-zero bitboard. It is equivalent to square_bb(lsb(bb)).
+
+inline Bitboard least_significant_square_bb(Bitboard b) {
+ assert(b);
+ return b & -b;
+}
/// pop_lsb() finds and clears the least significant bit in a non-zero bitboard
-inline Square pop_lsb(Bitboard* b) {
- assert(*b);
- const Square s = lsb(*b);
- *b &= *b - 1;
+inline Square pop_lsb(Bitboard& b) {
+ assert(b);
+ const Square s = lsb(b);
+ b &= b - 1;
return s;
}
return c == WHITE ? msb(b) : lsb(b);
}
+} // namespace Stockfish
+
#endif // #ifndef BITBOARD_H_INCLUDED