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ref: 37ad6698a5c1abc77c1a3a39315173bea0c462ac
parent: 070fb537cfd3c30bff2e0ccb3f13bebdf556bbc1
author: Simon Tatham <anakin@pobox.com>
date: Tue Apr 26 13:03:56 EDT 2005

The command-line solver's difficulty gradings now use the same
terminology as the puzzle GUI.

[originally from svn r5683]

--- a/solo.c
+++ b/solo.c
@@ -2031,14 +2031,14 @@
                 else
                     ret = DIFF_AMBIGUOUS;
             }
-            printf("difficulty rating: %s\n",
-                   ret==DIFF_BLOCK ? "blockwise positional elimination only":
-                   ret==DIFF_SIMPLE ? "row/column/number elimination required":
-                   ret==DIFF_INTERSECT ? "intersectional analysis required":
-                   ret==DIFF_SET ? "set elimination required":
-                   ret==DIFF_RECURSIVE ? "guesswork and backtracking required":
-                   ret==DIFF_AMBIGUOUS ? "multiple solutions exist":
-                   ret==DIFF_IMPOSSIBLE ? "no solution exists":
+            printf("Difficulty rating: %s\n",
+                   ret==DIFF_BLOCK ? "Trivial (blockwise positional elimination only)":
+                   ret==DIFF_SIMPLE ? "Basic (row/column/number elimination required)":
+                   ret==DIFF_INTERSECT ? "Intermediate (intersectional analysis required)":
+                   ret==DIFF_SET ? "Advanced (set elimination required)":
+                   ret==DIFF_RECURSIVE ? "Unreasonable (guesswork and backtracking required)":
+                   ret==DIFF_AMBIGUOUS ? "Ambiguous (multiple solutions exist)":
+                   ret==DIFF_IMPOSSIBLE ? "Impossible (no solution exists)":
                    "INTERNAL ERROR: unrecognised difficulty code");
         }
     }