switch to iterative style rather than recursive

combinators.nim

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import algorithm, sequtils
+
+
+iterator allPermutations*[T](x: seq[T]): seq[T] =
+  # returns all permutations of a given seq. Order is wonky but we don't care.
+  var workingCopy = x
+  yield workingCopy
+  while workingCopy.nextPermutation: # this mutates workingCopy
+    yield workingCopy
+  workingCopy = x
+  while workingCopy.prevPermutation:
+    yield workingCopy
+
+
+iterator allDigits*(lo, hi, size: int): seq[int] =
+  # we use uninitialized since we will initialize it below, but not necessarily with 0s
+  var digits = newSeqUninitialized[int](size)
+  for i in 0 .. digits.high:
+    digits[i] = lo
+
+  var complete = false
+  while not complete:
+    yield digits
+    for i in countdown(digits.high, 0):
+      if digits[i] < hi:
+        inc digits[i]
+        break
+      elif i == 0: # since this is the last digit to be incremented, we must be done
+        complete = true
+      else:
+        digits[i] = lo
+
+
+iterator possibleFutures*[C](dice: seq[C]): seq[tuple[color: C, value: int]] =
+  # iterate over all possible sequences of die rolls. Each outcome
+  # is returned as a 5-sequence of (color, number) tuples.
+  for perm in dice.allPermutations:
+    for d in allDigits(1, 3, dice.len):
+      yield zip(perm, d)

main.nim

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import algorithm, math, options, tables, sequtils, sugar
+import math, options, tables, sequtils, sets, sugar
+import combinators
 
 
 type
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ type
     camels: seq[Color]
     tile: Option[Tile]
 
-  Die = tuple[color: Color, value: range[1..3]]
+  Die = tuple[color: Color, value: int]
 
   ScoreSet = array[Color, int]
 
@@ -80,52 +81,24 @@ proc advance(b: var Board, die: Die) =
       break # breaking the outer loop here, not the inner - but only conditionally! gah!
 
 
-iterator allPermutations[T](x: seq[T]): seq[T] =
-  # returns all permutations of a given seq. Order is wonky but we don't care.
-  var workingCopy = x
-  yield workingCopy
-  while workingCopy.nextPermutation: # this mutates workingCopy
-    yield workingCopy
-  workingCopy = x
-  while workingCopy.prevPermutation:
-    yield workingCopy
+type CamelPositions = seq[tuple[square: int, camels: seq[Color]]]
 
-
-proc update(scores: var ScoreSet, toAdd: ScoreSet) =
-  for i, s in toAdd:
-    scores[i] += s
-
-
-proc simOrdering(b: Board, ordering: seq[Color]): ScoreSet =
-  for color in ordering:
-    for roll in 1..3:
-      let d = (color, range[1..3](roll))
-      let nextBoardState = b.dup(advance(d)) # make a copy instead of mutating
-      # only continue recursing if this is not the last die AND the game is not over
-      if ordering.len > 1 and not nextBoardState.gameOver:
-        let nextResult = simOrdering(nextBoardState, ordering[1 .. ^1])
-        result.update(nextResult)
-      else:
-        inc result[nextBoardState.leader]
-
-
-iterator possibleFutures(dice: seq[Color]): seq[Die]
-  # iterate over all possible sequences of die rolls. Each outcome
-  # is returned as a 5-sequence of (color, number) tuples.
-  yield (cRed, range[1..3]3)
-
-
-proc sumLegResults(b: Board, diceRemaining: seq[Color]): ScoreSet =
-  var count = 0
-  for perm in diceRemaining.allPermutations:
-    let permResult = simOrdering(b, perm)
-    result.update(permResult)
-    let total = result.sum
-    stdout.write("simulated: " & $total & "\r")
-    stdout.flushFile
-    count += 1
-  echo ""
-  echo count
+proc simulateLeg(b: Board, diceRemaining: seq[Color]): ScoreSet =
+  var endStates: HashSet[Board]
+  for future in possibleFutures(diceRemaining):
+    var prediction = b # make a copy
+    for dieRoll in future:
+      prediction.advance(dieRoll)
+    inc result[prediction.leader]
+    # deduplicate results
+    endStates.incl(prediction) # need to add hash implementation for Board
+    #[
+    var positions: CamelPositions
+    for i in prediction.camels.min .. prediction.camels.max:
+      positions.add((i, prediction.squares[i].camels))
+    endStates.incl(positions)
+    ]#
+  echo "Distinct end states: ", endStates.len
 
 
 var b: Board
@@ -134,10 +107,10 @@ b.display(1, 5)
 b.setState({cGreen: 4, cYellow: 3, cPurple: 4, cBlue: 3, cRed: 2})
 b.display(1, 5)
 
-b.advance((cRed, range[1..3](2)))
+b.advance((cRed, 2))
 b.display(1, 5)
 
-let r = b.sumLegResults(@[cRed, cGreen, cBlue, cYellow, cPurple])
+let r = b.simulateLeg(@[cRed, cGreen, cBlue, cYellow, cPurple])
 let total = r.sum
 for i, c in r:
-  echo Color(i), ": ", (c / total).round(4) * 100, "% (", c, " / ", total, ")"
+  echo Color(i), ": ", (100 * c / total).round(2), "% (", c, " / ", total, ")"