Fwd: [ANN] Freecell Solver 4.20.0 was Released

[Shlomi Fish]

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From: Shlomi Fish <shl...@shlomifish.org>
Date: Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: [ANN] Freecell Solver 4.20.0 was Released
To: "Shlomi Fish shl...@shlomifish.org [fc-solve-discuss]" <fc-solve...@yahoogroups.com>
Cc: Shlomi Fish <shl...@gmail.com>


Hi all!

Note that I forgot to note that the new release also features the
--hint-on-intractable flag and functionality, see:

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https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/fc-solve-discuss/conversations/messages/1580

Regards,

        Shlomi Fish

On Wed, 25 Jul 2018 00:00:44 +0300
"Shlomi Fish shl...@shlomifish.org [fc-solve-discuss]"

<fc-solve-discuss@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Freecell Solver version 4.20.0 was released and can be downloaded from
> its homepage at http://fc-solve.shlomifish.org/ . Freecell Solver is a
> reusable and open-source (MIT/Expat-licensed) library, written in portable
> C11 with some GCCisms (32-bit/64-bit, UNIX/Linux and MS Windows), that can
> automatically solve the Solitaire game Freecell and some similar Solitaire
> variants.
>
> The Freecell Solver distribution also includes some standalone command-line
> programs that make use of the library. Freecell Solver has a large amount
> of features, supports many different run-time heuristics that may yield
> different solutions, is a fast solver, and supports the largest number of
> Solitaire variants of all other solvers of its kind.
>
> The new release has some new features, some optimisations, and some cleanups.
> More information can be found in the NEWS.txt / NEWS.html
> ( http://fc-solve.shlomifish.org/docs/distro/NEWS.html ), quoted below.
>
> Regards,
>
>       — Shlomi Fish
>
> Version 4.20.0: (25-Jul-2018)
> -----------------------------
>
> 1. New --iter-output-step command-line flag.
>
> 2. Add -DFCS_MAX_RANK=... compile time option to set the maximal rank below
> 13.
>
> 3. Add the -DFCS_BREAK_BACKWARD_COMPAT_2=1 compile-time option which improves
> performance but breaks bug-to-bug backward compatibility.
>
> 4. Add the -DFCS_UNSAFE=1 option.
>
> 5. Converted the python-based testing scripts from TAP.Simple to pycotap.
>
> 6. Other speedups and refactorings.
>
>



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