"If you can read this..." - Provide the alphabet dictionary in the description

[hobovsky]

If you can read this...

To solve the kata, it's necessary to have an access to NATO phonetic alphabet dictionary.

• Some languages do not have it.
• Some languages have the dictionary in the preloaded code, but they do not mention it in the description so user does not even know it's available.
• Some languages mention availability of such dictionary in the description, but the dictionary itself is not provided to the user.

There's a series of complaints rolling through the discourse related to the issue.

All available translations should be fixed in a way that:

• The dictionary is provided in the preloaded code
• Description provides contents of the dictionary as a snippet which can be copied and pasted into local environment
• Eventually there should be an example of accessing the data from the dictionary

Another possibility is to provide such dictionary in the solution setup, or in any other way which makes it possible to train on the kata in user's local IDE.

8 approved translations, some pending translations (cannot check how many).

[XRFXLP]

Doing 1st and 2nd is redundant, but why 3rd?

I think second might be better than the first one.

[hobovsky]

I think that in some languages it might not be immediately obvious how to access the code and data located in preloaded. If it's clear, then there's no need for such example.

Another possibility would be to not have such dictionary in preloaded, but in solution setup. This would work too, but authors might not like it because it would require repeating the dictionary in solution and in tests. But for me personally, any approach is good as long as a user knows the values they need to use, and can easily train on the kata locally.