This is just like the Russian parlament does (sorry for the politics flood): they prohibit people many things reasoning that this is just for their benefit.
On Sun, Apr 29, 2018 at 5:53 PM, Alex Wice <[email protected]> wrote: > I disagree with the reasoning. First, we are talking about giving the > test data only in PRACTICE mode, not in the contest. > > Now, you discouraged participation by making it hard for people practicing > solutions to know where they failed and to improve their solution. I want > to improve my solution but after spending a few hours at some point I have > to move on. Instead of aiding me to figure out where I made a mistake, you > deny me the opportunity to learn from that mistake during the practice > round. > > "Testing is an important part of programming" but when you cannot solve > the problem, that's when you go to aids such as the analysis or the test > data. I already coded the solution correctly in other (DP) way, ran > millions of random tests (correct and WA are identical) and checked > carefully through my original code. I spent way too long trying to figure > out why my submission got WA and I shouldn't have to waste 6 hours because > of some imaginary dream of why this is a good coding practice that > simulates the real world. > > At least if you said the reason is legal liability or something like that > I would have understood. Not giving the test cases after the round is > frustrating for anyone who cares about it. Just change the policy and make > the text files available please. > > On Friday, April 27, 2018 at 10:11:57 AM UTC-7, Pablo Heiber wrote: > > Hi Alex, > > > > > > We've been asked this several times, and our policy is not to reveal > test data. If you are interested about the reasoning, you can refer to old > threads in this group that discuss the topic, like this one. > > > > > > Best, > > Pablo > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 9:47 AM Alex Wice <[email protected]> wrote: > > Please make input/output test case data available after contests end, > when appropriate (non-interactive problems.) It is a simple text file. > > > > > > > > I can't debug some problems and it would be really nice to know what > cases I failed. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Google Code Jam" group. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected]. > > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/google-code/740c351f-d013-4307-b092-d37a68d527d4%40googlegroups.com. > > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Code Jam" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/google-code/09a9df1e-9363-4c3a-8298-bb5144ddbc7a%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Code Jam" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-code/CADpTfwMOPB3gicOUths7h6XfCBfHUE9KGvHpK9xkdhtzWzsLVw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
