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greedy editor for topcoder arena
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Code generation fails on SRM 627 Div 2 500 point problem #157

Open y4n9squared opened 10 years ago

y4n9squared commented 10 years ago

Output from applet:

Hello again :>
Problem :  HappyLetterDiv2
Score   :  500
Generating code...
  Generating template [problem-desc-theme-dark]
  Generating template [problem-desc-theme-blue]
  Generating template [problem-desc-styles]
  Generating template [problem-desc-theme-light]
  Generating template [problem-desc-theme-darkgray]
  Generating template [problem-desc]
  Error: null
vexorian commented 10 years ago

This is because that problem introduces a Char type.

Why are they adding a char type? No idea, but it has breaking any non-trivial plugin and also even the normal arena if you use python.

ashashwat commented 10 years ago

I just tried this in practice room and had to manually write everything. Totally disappointed with random decisions of TopCoder (or is it topcoder now), at least they should have tested the problem in various languages if they plan to experiment. Or was it even tested in the first place or testers write everything in standard editor ?

wookayin commented 10 years ago

Seems interesting... We need to