public int?SuggestMacroSizeEx()
{
const bool print = false;
if (print)
{
Log.Write("Searching best macro size for " + this);
}
var results = new Dictionary <int, int> ();
for (int macro = 1; macro <= 8; macro++) // todo check gamma, make sure its still in 1 byte
{
byte previous = 0; // 0 intentional, refers to empty tape.
int nCells = 0;
foreach (var block in TapeContent(macro))
{
var enc = Macro.EncodeAny(block);
if (enc != previous)
{
nCells++;
previous = enc;
}
}
results.Add(macro, nCells + macro); // Larger macro sizes should be used more rarely
}
var best = results
.OrderBy(x => x.Value)
.ThenBy(x => x.Key)
.First();
if (print)
{
Log.WriteLine(best.Key + " (" + best.Value + " cells)");
}
return(best.Key);
}
