engine

Documentation

Overview

Package engine implements helper functions to easily manage UCI engines.

Index

• func Close(e *uci.Engine)
• func NameLength(exec1, exec2 string) int
• func Search(e *uci.Engine, p *chess.Position, moveTime time.Duration) (*chess.Move, error)
• func Start(exec string, len int, color chess.Color, options map[string]string) (*uci.Engine, error)

Functions

func Close

func Close(e *uci.Engine)

Close gracefully shuts down an engine.

func NameLength

func NameLength(exec1, exec2 string) int

NameLength returns the length of the longest od two base names.

func Search

func Search(e *uci.Engine, p *chess.Position, moveTime time.Duration) (*chess.Move, error)

Search runs a single search.

func Start

func Start(exec string, len int, color chess.Color, options map[string]string) (*uci.Engine, error)

Start starts a UCI engine and sets it up to run searches.