add convenience methods and (experimental) evolver

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/lib94/lib94.hpp b/include/lib94/lib94.hpp
index 63f862e..0766af7 100644
--- a/include/lib94/lib94.hpp
+++ b/include/lib94/lib94.hpp
@@ -147,6 +147,17 @@ namespace lib94 {
   template <bool update_address_sets>
   const warrior *single_step();
 
+  //convenience method - reads the contents of a file and then calls compile_warrior.
+  //if the file cannot be read, returns a null pointer. see comment on compile_warrior.
+  warrior *compile_warrior_from_file(std::string path);
+
+  //convenience method - calls clear_core(background), then init_round(warriors, count,
+  //offsets, shuffle), then single_step<false> until either one warrior remains or that
+  //has been called rounds_to_tie times. if one warrior remains, returns the pointer to
+  //that warrior. if a tie is reached, returns a null pointer. this asserts that the call
+  //to init_round returns true. see comment on init_round.
+  const warrior *do_round(const instruction &background, const warrior *const *warriors, size_t count, const number_t *offsets, bool shuffle, long rounds_to_tie);
+
 }
 
 #endif