tools module

class tools.Color

Bases: object

Static Enum class used form marking colors of pieces

In main program values are stored as int. This class is used only as static enum class to make code cleaner and to avoid magic numbers.

black = 0

static opposite(color)

Returns opposite color.

param int color:  value representing color return:opposite color rtype:int

static to_str(color)

Changes color to readable string

Parameters:color (int) – value representing color Returns:name of color Return type:str

white = 1

class tools.ListOfPieces(black_pieces: list, white_pieces: list)

Bases: object

New class intended to replace old way of storing info about pieces Old way of storing was a tuple two_pieces - (black_pieces, white_pieces) where:

black_pieces - list of cords of black pieces white_pieces - list of cords of white pieces

apply_move(move: tools.Move)

Applies Move to ListOfPieces. Works in place

Parameters:move (Move) – move to be applied

class tools.Move(cords: tuple, dest: tuple, destroyed: list)

Bases: object

New class intended to replace old way of storing ‘move’ data Old way of storing ‘move’ was a tuple - (cords, dest, destroyed) where:

cords - cords of moving piece dest - destination cords destroyed - list of cords of destroyed pieces

tools.cords_list_to_str(list_of_white_pieces: list, list_of_black_pieces: list)

Creates nice looking string to visalize list of cords on the board, usefull for debugging and tests

Parameters:

• list_of_white_pieces (list) – list of cords of white pieces
• list_of_black_pieces (list) – list of cords of black pieces

Returns:

str_board

Return type:

str

tools.str_to_cords(str_board: str)

Creates list od cords out of string visual representation. Does opposite of cords_list_to_str()

Parameters:str_board (str) – string with visual representation of board

:return two lists of pieces :rtype: tuple