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#include <stdbool.h>

#include "othello.h"

bool is_valid_move(const enum player_color board[8][8],
                   const enum player_color current_player,
                   const struct move move) {
  // The move must be a positive position
  if (move.row < 0 || move.col < 0) {
    return false;
  }
  // The move must be an empty spot to be valid
  if (board[move.row][move.col] != EMPTY) {
    return false;
  }

  const enum player_color other_color = current_player == WHITE ? BLACK : WHITE;

  bool is_valid_up = false;
  bool is_valid_down = false;
  bool is_valid_left = false;
  bool is_valid_right = false;

#define check_valid_direction(direction_bool, start, end_cond, step, cur_pos)  \
  if (!is_valid_up && !is_valid_down && !is_valid_left && !is_valid_right) {   \
    bool would_flip_oppenent = false;                                          \
    bool has_other_end = false;                                                \
    for (int i = start; end_cond && !has_other_end; step) {                    \
      if (cur_pos == current_player) {                                         \
        has_other_end = true;                                                  \
      } else if (cur_pos == other_color) {                                     \
        would_flip_oppenent = true;                                            \
      } else {                                                                 \
        /* We have reached an empty tile*/                                     \
        break;                                                                 \
      }                                                                        \
    }                                                                          \
    direction_bool = has_other_end && would_flip_oppenent;                     \
  }

  check_valid_direction(is_valid_up, move.row - 1, i > 0, i--,
                        board[i][move.col]);
  check_valid_direction(is_valid_down, move.row + 1, i < 8, i++,
                        board[i][move.col]);
  check_valid_direction(is_valid_left, move.col - 1, i > 0, i--,
                        board[move.row][i]);
  check_valid_direction(is_valid_right, move.col + 1, i < 8, i++,
                        board[move.row][i]);

#undef check_valid_direction

  return is_valid_up || is_valid_down || is_valid_left || is_valid_right;
}

bool has_valid_moves(const enum player_color board[8][8],
                     const enum player_color current_player) {
  bool result = false;
  struct move move;
  for (move.row = 0; move.row < 8 && !result; move.row++) {
    for (move.col = 0; move.col < 8 && !result; move.col++) {
      result = is_valid_move(board, current_player, move);
    }
  }

  return result;
}