i am with you carlos. hope they do something to prevent this. On May 19, 6:04 am, Carlos Guia <[email protected]> wrote: > I think there should be a way to resubmit small after marked correct, > because if you send correct output but wrong source you will get it marked > as correct, but it will be marked incorrect later, and even if you realize > such a mistake during competition (usually while sending large) you are > unable to recover from it. > > With current behavior you can't resubmit the small, so this scenario is > worse than having a bad algorithm, because you can still fix it. And I know, > contestants should be careful about their submissions, but I don't think > anybody prefers to penalize someone who solved the problem but attached the > incorrect source over someone who carelessly wrote a buggy or slow code. > > If the contest ends, and whoever submitted a wrong source code didn't fix it > during competition, marking it as incorrect is the right approach, or else > there could be many cheating involved. But allowing resubmission to those > who realize their mistake on time, puts them at least on the same position > as someone who didn't check the limits or corner cases during their first > attempts. > > Personally, I would like to have a way to resubmit the small in such a case, > you would of course get a wrong submission, the 4 minute penalty that > implies and your submission time is worse than before. But at least you > don't lose all points having the correct solution all along. > > Maybe instead of disabling small after correct submissions, have a dialog > saying "you already solved this, attempting it again will increase your > penalty" or something along the lines. Or enabling a "mark as incorrect" on > "my submissions" view, after which you can resubmit, although this approach > seems more risky and easier to make mistakes. > > Thanks, > Carlos Guía > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "google-codejam" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en.
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