uci

Documentation

Overview

Package uci handles a running UCI engine.

Index

• type UCI
  • func NewUCI(pathToEngine string, diagnostic chan bots.Diagnostic) (*UCI, error)
  • func (uci *UCI) Start() error

Types

type UCI

type UCI struct {

	// submitting the empty string as a move is effectively saying to analyse
	// the current position
	SubmitMove chan string

	// once a move has been submitted the best move will be returned on this
	// channel
	GetMove chan string

	// end the UCI program. the UCI should not be restarted after it has quit
	Quit chan bool
	// contains filtered or unexported fields
}

UCI handles a running UCI engine, accepts move and offers the best move to play next.

func NewUCI

func NewUCI(pathToEngine string, diagnostic chan bots.Diagnostic) (*UCI, error)

NewUCI prepares and launches a new UCI engine.

func (*UCI) Start

func (uci *UCI) Start() error

Start communication with the UCI engine.