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On 04/21/2016 06:34 PM, Christopher Reimer wrote:

> class PieceFactory(object):
 > [...]

Better.

> I do plan to incorporate a sanity test in each Piece class to validate
> the initial position value. Pawns have 16 specific positions. Bishop,
> Knight and Rook each have four specific positions. King and Queen each
> have two specific positions. An invalid value will raise an exception.

This will make it so you cannot use your PieceFactory for custom setups.

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~Ethan~