-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

My suggestion with GO is that you make whatever tools YOU use flexible
enough to handle
either format, either implicitly, or via some kind of configuration.

You might have a user selectable "export" format and the import format
could be easily made
smart enough to handle either case.

- - Don




Dave Dyer wrote:
>> However, I am in favor of changing the SGF format to allow coordinate
encoding using the "standard" coordinates system rather than the one
created just for SGF; i.e., "a1" vs "aa".
>
> I routinely use sgf for non-go games and completely ignore the
> standard set of tag names and contents.  This works fine for me
> because I only have to be compatibile with myself - anyone else
> who wanted to read sgf-encoded trax games (for example) would
> have to follow my example.
>
> The problem with this for Go is that all the existing tools which
> are Go oriented would be unlikely to follow your lead on "improving"
> the format.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> computer-go mailing list
> computer-go@computer-go.org
> http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
>
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

iD8DBQFHHPZbDsOllbwnSikRAg5ZAKC/wR305Zw/EwEjIZzdc4BfR1yPwgCfVAWB
KIYnP0evrWVWfZ8S9kg9op4=
=ZlwM
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

_______________________________________________
computer-go mailing list
computer-go@computer-go.org
http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/

Reply via email to