I wouldn't think so, unless it happened to solve some very specific timing problem better than any smaller constellation -- and we had some kind of huge database/lookup system set up so that we could look this up and know that it's the best answer to a given splitter problem, likeHotWheels9232 wrote: ↑August 31st, 2022, 3:02 pmSo if we found more similar ones, would this one be added?
"Given input bo$2bo$3o! glider at (0,0) and splitter entirely in SE quadrant, produce output o$obo$2o! glider at (-3, 19, T=72) and output bo$2bo$3o! glider at (17, 7, T=145)"
We've done some surveys of two-object constellations to find splitters, but haven't even scratched the surface of three-object constellations. Starting a collection of four-object constellations just isn't in the works at the moment, since it would be a tough task to even enumerate the three-object splitters that might be useful.
For example, you can add a one-object turner in an unlimited number of locations, to any of the known two-object splitters -- plus there will be millions of "elementary" three-object constellations that don't break down into splitter+turner.