> > However I still think that RE is not descriptive at all, they could have > traversed the actual error message to the problem console. Instead of > generic errors. > > We actually can't do that. The user's code can output whatever it wants to standard error. If we were to report that back to you, that could be used to infer either the entire input or significant indicators of it (if the input was too big). Even something like catching the type of exception in the languages that provide that can be "gamed" to obtain input information, since exceptions can be thrown/forced without it being a real error.
During compilation, OTOH, the user's code doesn't have access to the input or any other secret data, so it's no problem providing users with the compilation output. Best, Pablo -- 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 google-code+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to google-code@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-code/CANa5jcBjuAAr8nWghTiT6r6DC1hhkESiUvY8qd4XUxJ1uEChNw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
