Re: New PGN Parser

[chess]

At 10:58 PM 6/12/2003 +0100, you wrote:
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> I have committed the PGN parser contributed by D Wheeler into CVS head.
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> The parser supports a fuller set of the PGN standard and is more
> tolerant of minor errors in the PGN.
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> I haven't tested this change extensively, and the merge was
> "interesting" in places. If anyone feels motivated to load up some
> random PGN files, feel free to try and let me know if there are issues.

Hello All !

I tried the command "book add book_1.00.pgn" with the result:
Games compiled: 145716, New & unique added: 265053 positions

145716 is the correct number of games, an improvement over the previous result:
Games compiled: 107799 New & unique added: 253597 positions

There is a minor bug.
While processing the book_1.00.pgn file,
eleven newlines are interspersed with the process indicator,
resulting in the following screen output:
Games processed: 15100
Games processed: 15170

Games processed: 15220





Games processed: 46010
Games processed: 71510

It seems that format errors in the pgn file trigger extra newlines, one per 
game.

In this case the format 'errors' are trailing backslashes in tag data.

*Mike