Add ability to pass match attributes in tournament #1096
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It is possible to pass a dictionary to `axelrod.Match` is `match_attributes` which correspond to the information given to players. This is motivated by wanting to reproduce Axelrod's second tournament in which all matches were 1 of 5 values.
| game=test_game, | ||
| repetitions=test_repetitions, | ||
| turns=5, | ||
| match_attributes={"length": -1}) |
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Is length -> None a better default than -1?
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For some reason I thought -1 was the default already in place. It's not! Let me change it to float('inf') which is what is currently there. Good catch.
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We should check the behavior of any strategies that use the match attributes...
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We already do this for the tests in the matches? (This matches_attribute argument is not new, it's used with prob_end matches/tournament, this PR is just adding the ability to get the tournament to pass it to the matches).
| It is possible to determine what information players know about their matches. | ||
| By default all known information is given. | ||
| For example let us create a match with 5 turns between :code:`SteinAndRapoport` | ||
| and :code:`Aternator`. The latter of these two always defects on the last 2 |
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@marcharper with 1648ddf I've changed the |
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Cool. I think it used to be -1. |
That must be why :) |
It is possible to pass a dictionary to
axelrod.Matchismatch_attributeswhich correspond to the information given to players.This is motivated by wanting to reproduce Axelrod's second tournament in
which all matches were 1 of 5 values.