Add a function to every game backend which indicates whether a game

state is in a solved position, and a midend function wrapping it.

(Or, at least, a situation in which further play is pointless. The
point is, given that game state, would it be a good idea for a front
end that does that sort of thing to proactively provide the option to
start a fresh game?)

[originally from svn r9140]

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/midend.c b/midend.c
index 300e2bf..0c8b3c0 100644
--- a/midend.c
+++ b/midend.c
@@ -1336,6 +1336,21 @@ char *midend_solve(midend *me)
     return NULL;
 }
 
+int midend_is_solved(midend *me)
+{
+    /*
+     * We should probably never be called when the state stack has no
+     * states on it at all - ideally, midends should never be left in
+     * that state for long enough to get put down and forgotten about.
+     * But if we are, I think we return _true_ - pedantically speaking
+     * a midend in that state is 'vacuously solved', and more
+     * practically, a user whose midend has been left in that state
+     * probably _does_ want the 'new game' option to be prominent.
+     */
+    return (me->statepos == 0 ||
+            me->ourgame->is_solved(me->states[me->statepos-1].state));
+}
+
 char *midend_rewrite_statusbar(midend *me, char *text)
 {
     /*