Another Python implementation of

THE GAME OF LIFE

(2018) Nicolo Fabbiane

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Repository structure

• __init__.py: library initialisation of Game of Life (GoL)

• examples/: folder of the examples

  • cannon.py: Gosper's gliders cannon
  • rand-init.py: simultion from random initial condition

• test/: folder of the testing tools for the library

  • test.py: testing tools

• libpy/: folder of the sources of the sublibraries imported in __init__.py

  • classes.py: data class definition
  • plot.py: plotting tools
  • rules.py: GoL rules library

Examples

The examples can be run via the Makefile

make examples example=<name-of-the-example>

cannon: Gosper's gliders cannon

The Gosper's gliders cannon is taken as initial condition. The output is the file examples/cannon.gif that collects in an animated image the time evolution of the map.

rand-init: simultion from random initial condition

The map is evolved starting from a random initial condition. The visualisation is based on a simple terminal-based text-output; the same visualisation technique is used in the tests.

Tests

The tests can be run via the Makefile

make test

and consist in reproducing some known solutions of the GoL, nominally:

• the steady square solution
• the period-two propeller
• the travelling glider

The success of the test is automatically checked by an assert command.