othello in ocaml

othelllo.ml

type player = | Black | White
type cell = | Cell of player | Empty

type board = (cell array) array

exception Invalid_position_exception of (int * int)

let opponent = function | Black -> White | White -> Black

let init_board () : board =
  let b = Array.init 8 (fun _ -> Array.init 8 (fun _ -> Empty))
  in
    (b.(3).(3) <- Cell White;
     b.(4).(4) <- Cell White;
     b.(4).(3) <- Cell Black;
     b.(3).(4) <- Cell Black;
     b)

let print_board (b : board) =
  let print_line line =
    (Array.iter
       (function
        | Empty -> print_char '.'
        | Cell White -> print_char 'O'
        | Cell Black -> print_char '#')
       line;
     print_newline ())
  in Array.iter print_line b


let check_position (x, y) =
  if not ((x >= 0) && ((y < 8) && ((y >= 0) && (y < 8))))
  then raise (Invalid_position_exception (x, y))
  else ()

let find_sequence (b : board) (dx, dy) (x, y) =
  match b.(x).(y) with
  | Empty -> []
  | Cell player ->
      let rec find (x, y) accu =
        (try
           (check_position (x, y);
            match b.(x).(y) with
            | Cell p ->
                if p = player
                then accu
                else find ((x + dx), (y + dy)) ((x, y) :: accu)
            | Empty -> [])
         with | Invalid_position_exception e -> [])
      in find ((x + dx), (y + dy)) []

let find_flipped (b : board) (x, y) =
  let directions =
    [ (0, 1); (0, (-1)); ((-1), 0); (1, 0); ((-1), (-1)); (1, (-1));
      ((-1), 1); (1, 1) ]
  in
    List.fold_left (fun accu d -> accu @ (find_sequence b d (x, y))) []
      directions

let play (b : board) player (x, y) =
  (b.(x).(y) <- Cell player;
   let flipped = find_flipped b (x, y)
   in
     (List.iter (fun (x, y) -> b.(x).(y) <- Cell player) flipped;
      print_board b))