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
>
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