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[pbmserv-dev] Fwd: Stymie error
There are problems in the error handling code in Stymie. When I do "Stymie
show barticus active" or "All show barticus active" I get a message like this:
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Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 17:03:02 -0500
From: "Richard's PBeM Server" <pbmserv@gamerz.net>
To: admin@RandallBart.com
Subject: Stymie error
Please enter move as column (A-O) and row (1-15)
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This situation was brought on when I tried an invalid move. In Stymie game
107, I had reached a point where Schep had won. But I realized that if
Cameron had misinterpreted the triple move rule, there was a move that
would keep the game going. So I tried to move J10,K9,K7. This is a
square and two octagons, but one of the octagons (K7) is not adjacent to
the square (J10). I didn't want to cheat. Well I wanted to cheat, but I
wasn't trying to cheat. Well I was trying to cheat, but I was doing this
to test the program.
I sent three commands in a multiple like this:
Stymie Board 106 barticus pw i11,h10
Stymie Board 107 barticus pw j10,k9,k7
If this move succeeds, it means Cameron misinterpreted the rule the
way I meant it. This should not be a legal move.
all show barticus next
I got the response to 106 right away. I got no response for 107. I kept
checking email again and again and again. I guesses that I had crashed
Stymie, and was going to send Richard an email letting him know. I was
hoping I hadn't crashed his email. But then I thought maybe it was just a
lost email, so I tried "Stymie show barticus active". After about two
minutes of no response, I was wondering if I had crashed just Stymie or all
of the games, so I tried "Stymie show barticus active". Within a minute I
got responses from both Quoridor and Stymie. I was relieved that Quoridor
was up and surprised that Stymie was up. (Richard, did you have to reboot
something?)
But I should not be getting this Stymie error email in response to "Stymie
show barticus active". Furthermore, the email I eventually got with the
subject "Stymie Board 107 Error" did not show the current board position,
did not show my erroneous move, and had the non-helpful message "Please
enter move as column (A-O) and row (1-15)". The message should be
something like "The square at J10 is not adjacent to the octagon at K7", or
at least "The square must be adjacent to the octagon".
I don't mean to rag on Cameron here. I appreciate that he programmed my
game. I am just helping to debug the program.
I am leaving game 107 in its current state to allow Cameron, Richard, or
anyone else the opportunity to analyze the situation. Then I will resign.
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