https://codegolf.codidact.com/categories/48/feedNew Posts - Meta - Code GolfCode Golf - Codidact2024-03-03T13:08:21Zhttps://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/290978Leaderboard sorting bugtrichoplaxhttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/538902024-03-03T13:08:21Z2024-03-03T13:08:21Z<p>The leaderboard that shows below a code golf challenge can either sort the answers to show the winner for each language separately (if "Group by language" is ticked) or it can show all the answe...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/284894New solution to same challenge in same language: Change existing answer or add new one?celtschkhttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/80562021-11-16T11:25:12Z2023-09-26T19:29:29Z<p>A while ago I wrote an answer in C (gcc) to the FizzBuzz challenge. Now I've found a shorter solution for the same compiler, which however uses a completely different strategy.</p>
<p>Now I won...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/289782Default minimum required precision and supported size for inputsH_Hhttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/646282023-09-22T14:05:22Z2023-09-25T08:25:43Z<p>For challenges that require a input, what is the maximum a solution has to support, if not further specified by the challenge author?</p>
<p>Lets say the input is a string, how long can of a st...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/282784Default Rules: Code Golf I/OQuintechttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/535032021-07-24T23:33:15Z2023-09-19T15:23:40Z<p>What input/output methods do you think should be allowed/disallowed while code golfing on this site? What guidelines for input/output methods do you think should be in place?</p>
<p>One method ...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/287110What would this community like to see in a Codidact API?trichoplaxhttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/538902022-09-29T14:41:33Z2023-08-10T08:44:13Z<p><em>I've now posted on Codidact Meta <a href="https://meta.codidact.com/posts/289322">How should a Codidact public API work?</a></em></p>
<p><em>I'll still be taking into account any discussion...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/289164A random button for ordering Code Golf post liststrichoplaxhttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/538902023-07-31T22:02:54Z2023-08-01T17:04:58Z<p>On most Codidact communities the posts list has a "Random" button among the sorting buttons:</p>
<p><img alt="The sorting buttons on Codidact Meta - "Activity", "Age", "...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/288731Should posting on Meta affect reputation?Monica Celliohttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/80462023-06-27T00:56:08Z2023-06-27T17:40:01Z<p>When we launched this community, we did not yet have the ability to set different reputation grants for different categories. We've had this for a while but we failed to follow up before now, s...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/288547Codidact Fractional Byte Consensuslyxalhttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/535062023-06-20T02:22:31Z2023-06-20T12:34:00Z<p>Over on the Code Golf StackExchange site, there is a <a href="https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/24251/what-is-our-consensus-for-fractional-byte-functions">meta consensus</a> that...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/287790How should we handle incorrect answers?Quintechttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/535032023-01-25T18:55:48Z2023-02-15T18:05:26Z<p>Recently a flag came to my attention on this post: <a href="https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/280372/281943#answer-281943">https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/280372/281943#answer-281943</a></...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/287012Filtering the sandbox for ease of feedbacktrichoplaxhttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/538902022-09-16T09:59:47Z2022-10-26T00:31:59Z<p>I see the Sandbox as a vital part of challenge design. When I visit the Sandbox I'd like to be able to show only proposals that are not finalized, so I can focus feedback where it is needed.</p>...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/287280Thoughts on hiding challenge sections with expandable details tagstrichoplaxhttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/538902022-10-19T04:20:05Z2022-10-22T08:23:20Z<p>I've recently started experimenting with hiding some of the sections in a challenge, using an expandable <code><details></code> tag. This seems to have some advantages, but I'm interested ...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/287086Is there a problem with the edit queues?trichoplaxhttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/538902022-09-27T19:20:32Z2022-09-28T01:23:46Z<p><em>I'm raising this on our local Meta first, rather than the main Codidact Meta, because I don't yet have the Edit Posts ability so I can't tell what problems may exist. Hopefully some of you w...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/279408How do we handle standardizing things?dzaimahttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/535012020-11-20T16:54:27Z2022-09-27T21:14:52Z<p>Code golf, being about exploiting things, often brings about many questions about edge cases. Since we don't want each challenge to have to deal with all problems again and again, it makes sense...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/286366Rules for function submissionsRazetimehttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/533102022-04-30T12:50:06Z2022-06-17T11:04:00Z<p>What are our rules for function submission? What constitutes a function, and what makes a submission valid? Language agnostic answers are allowed.</p>
<!-- g: js, mdit -->https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/286401Does Looping Counter qualify as kolmogorov-complexity?celtschkhttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/80562022-05-06T12:04:58Z2022-05-08T13:54:25Z<p>Lundin just suggested in a <a href="https://codegolf.codidact.com/comments/thread/6229#comment-17347">comment under another question</a> that I tag the challenge <a href="https://codegolf.codida...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/286377Under which condition is a function that takes arguments other than those specified by the challenge by itself a valid solution to a challenge?celtschkhttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/80562022-05-01T17:52:34Z2022-05-05T00:09:49Z<p>On my challenge <a href="https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/286280">Looping Counter</a> there are several entries like <a href="https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/286280/286339#answer-286339">...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/285037How can we grow this community?Monica Celliohttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/80462021-12-02T01:18:57Z2022-01-05T06:57:12Z<p>Codidact's communities have a lot of great content that is helping people on the Internet. Our communities are small, though, and sustainable communities depend on having lots of active, engage...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/282236Can I repost a challenge that I posted elsewhere here?General Sebast1anhttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/541142021-06-16T09:00:50Z2021-12-25T10:05:21Z<p>I have <a href="https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/226148/recreate-the-stack-overflow-logo">this challenge</a> in Code Golf and I wonder if I can repost it here for more users to come,...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/284463Reactions on Code Golf CodidactQuintechttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/535032021-10-05T05:14:25Z2021-10-26T09:28:37Z<p>Reactions were just released! See the main meta post <a href="https://meta.codidact.com/posts/284455">here</a> for the details.</p>
<p>Currently, the default reactions look like this:
<img alt...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/283946Can we have [popularity-contest]s?General Sebast1anhttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/541142021-09-03T01:08:05Z2021-09-09T10:37:26Z<p>Just curious, but this might help other users, so I'm placing at Meta.</p>
<p>A <a class="badge is-tag">popularity-contest</a> is a non-object winning criteria challenge that is based on having...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/284044Suggestions for the new header banner/backgroundGeneral Sebast1anhttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/541142021-09-07T10:56:07Z2021-09-09T01:05:11Z<h1><s>I'm bored. Let's do something. lmao</s></h1>
<p>While I was Somewhere Else, I went to make suggestions for designs on their sites, and no impact really occured. However, since I'm now a Cod...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/283176Should [code-golf-tips] be replaced with [tips] + [code-golf]?userhttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/538372021-08-06T21:44:56Z2021-09-04T16:01:17Z<p>Instead of the <a class="badge is-tag">code-golf-tips</a> tag, could we tag "Tips for golfing" questions with <a class="badge is-tag">tips</a> and <a class="badge is-tag">code-golf</a> instead? ...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/283917Separate the tags away from the Sandbox or delete the [finalized] tagGeneral Sebast1anhttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/541142021-09-02T04:51:32Z2021-09-02T04:54:21Z<blockquote>
<p>This is a <a class="badge is-tag is-filled">feature-request</a> post consisting of 2 actions for a reason...</p>
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<p>There's this thing that's been bugging me for a ...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/280242Posting guidelines modificationsRazetimehttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/533102021-01-03T05:26:33Z2021-08-31T20:35:54Z<p>Currently, the posting guidelines for Code Golf are the defaults on Codidact.</p>
<p><img src="https://codegolf.codidact.com/uploads/gFYHEThzNeXcBdfi765zBSdn" alt="Posting Tips: ¶ Your title sh...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/283431Default Rules: ExtensionsMoshihttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/531962021-08-16T07:22:00Z2021-08-19T00:01:40Z<p>Since there have been some discussions about the use of GCC extensions, I decided to make a default-rules post about it. How should we deal with compiler extensions to languages?</p>
<!-- g: js...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/283442Remove flags on the leaderboardGeneral Sebast1anhttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/541142021-08-16T09:51:47Z2021-08-16T09:54:04Z<p>I'm still being bugged by flags being ignored when adding the language onto the leaderboard. Take for example <a href="https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/283413">here</a> on an answer in <a hre...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/283264Add detailed wikis and usage info on these tagsGeneral Sebast1anhttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/541142021-08-10T09:38:25Z2021-08-11T08:21:42Z<p>In this request (not really a <a href="https://codegolf.codidact.com/categories/48/tags/4262" class="badge is-tag is-filled">feature-request</a> but still tagged so anyway), I'd like to have det...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/279258Should sandbox posts give rep?Quintechttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/535032020-11-16T20:03:27Z2021-08-10T03:01:45Z<p>Should sandbox posts give rep? On one hand, keeping this feature motivates more people to use the sandbox. On the other hand, allowing people to gain rep twice for the same content seems wrong i...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/283101Answering challenges with languages newer than the challengesnail_https://codegolf.codidact.com/users/536072021-08-04T00:22:48Z2021-08-04T14:14:11Z<p>Somewhere Else, there was a long-standing rule that to answer a challenge, you couldn't use languages, language versions, or features that were created or introduced after the challenge was post...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/282788Default Rules: LoopholesQuintechttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/535032021-07-24T23:41:41Z2021-08-02T11:33:48Z<p>What sort of loopholes are assumed to be disallowed in any challenge on this site?</p>
<p>One loophole per answer, please. Vote up answers if you want them disallowed, and down otherwise.</p>
...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/282630Leaderboard bug: recognizing inline code blocksRazetimehttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/533102021-07-10T04:46:34Z2021-07-31T00:03:24Z<p>There's a small problem with the leaderboard:</p>
<p><img alt="Shaggy n" src="https://codegolf.codidact.com/uploads/8Nf8j3Tg7qA95PkLH7kPwoxj"></p>
<p>It seems to be recognizing the first <code...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/282931Is it good practice to change the names of variables in challenges?Kevin M. Mansourhttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/541512021-07-28T22:30:50Z2021-07-29T02:09:29Z<p>Today, I have posted my <a href="https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/282903#answer-282903">first challenge</a> in Code Golf. I have made the Job in 202 byte.</p>
<p>Someone in comments, have ch...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/282181Should challenges be worth 10 reputation?caird coinheringaahinghttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/539122021-06-13T22:20:46Z2021-07-29T01:05:24Z<p>The <a href="https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/questions?tab=Votes">fourth highest voted CGCC Meta question</a> asks that SE <a href="https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/7683...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/282856How free is "free" for cops and robbers?AndrewTheCodegolferhttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/541392021-07-26T17:40:25Z2021-07-28T12:43:07Z<p>I have proposed that we shouldn't use nonfree languages to compete in cops-and-robbers challenges, but this proposal needs some demarcation.</p>
<p>Matlab, Stata, LabVIEW all have finite free t...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/282845Default Rules: RandomQuintechttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/535032021-07-26T06:36:34Z2021-07-26T15:15:38Z<p>What is random defined as on this site? How are answers allowed to handle random chance?</p>
<!-- g: js, mdit -->https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/282802Default Rules: LibrariesMoshihttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/531962021-07-25T02:45:17Z2021-07-26T06:34:43Z<p>How should we deal with golfing libraries when scoring entries?</p>
<p>Continuation of <a href="https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/282477">Is my extension-like library allowed to be used in an...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/282799Default Rules: Flags and Other Compile-Time OptionsMoshihttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/531962021-07-25T02:36:38Z2021-07-26T06:34:16Z<p>How should we deal with flags / command line options when scoring entries?</p>
<!-- g: js, mdit -->https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/282481Code Golf leaderboard: Scoring tags?Moshihttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/531962021-06-30T23:29:15Z2021-07-03T02:10:49Z<p>Currently, the leaderboard is useless on <a href="https://codegolf.codidact.com/categories/49/tags/4291" class="badge is-tag">alternative-scoring</a> challenges.</p>
<p>In order to make the lea...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/282443Leaderboards are liveMonica Celliohttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/80462021-06-28T22:48:39Z2021-07-02T15:54:06Z<p>You might have noticed that challenges now show a leaderboard in addition to the table of contents. This is something this community has wanted for a while, and now, thanks to user contribution...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/282477Is my extension-like library allowed to be used in answers?General Sebast1anhttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/541142021-06-30T14:44:31Z2021-07-01T08:17:49Z<p>I'm not a golfer, I know, but I do have wanted to make a programming language back then. The name is BMPL (Builder's Multi-Purpose Language) and is currently <a href="https://github.com/Joyrence...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/282311Questions feed for the Challenges category lacks post linksCaninahttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/80492021-06-22T18:52:07Z2021-06-22T21:43:08Z<p>Here is what the top of the feed for the Code Golf Challenges category looks like currently:</p>
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<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/279216Who should the temporary moderators be?Monica Celliohttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/80462020-11-15T01:58:00Z2021-06-16T13:04:57Z<p>As we have set up communities here on the Codidact network we've been appointing temporary moderators. Ultimately, of course, we want each community to choose its own moderators; we've been doi...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/281028Allow linking account with Code Golf Stack ExchangeRazetimehttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/533102021-03-10T05:20:42Z2021-03-10T06:53:35Z<p>In my user preferences in "Edit Profile", under the "Link Stack Exchange Account" heading, this shows up:
<img src="https://codegolf.codidact.com/uploads/nxxRi3XTiZ1Htbk4uJR...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/280756Microcontroller-involving challenges and the rules.moonyhttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/535042021-02-10T14:22:34Z2021-02-11T10:34:22Z<p>I'd like to make a challenge that involves the use of a microcontroller, specifically, a challenge to read any 4-bit Gray Code from 4 IO pins, and convert it to binary. Simple introductory type ...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/279797Tags for sandbox status.manassehkatzhttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/80622020-12-10T16:11:56Z2020-12-11T15:16:46Z<p>I suggest we have some status tags for Sandbox. In particular, one like "status-finalized" instead of manually (and therefore inconsistently and not searchable) changing the title to s...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/279635Do we require codegolf challenges include example code?moonyhttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/535042020-11-30T20:24:40Z2020-12-02T10:51:46Z<p>I feel it'd be a good idea to require, or at least heavily encourage, that challenges include an example, ungolfed, readable solution in a non-golf language like Javascript, C, Rust, or Python.<...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/279463What is the Q&A category for?Corsakahttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/535892020-11-23T11:29:40Z2020-11-23T19:59:08Z<p>We seem to ask a lot of questions in Meta, which sort of defeats the purpose of the Q&A category. Is it intended for subjective quesitons (of which this site gets few), or requests for tips,...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/279441Link with Stack ExchangeAdámhttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/535842020-11-22T12:18:09Z2020-11-22T12:38:11Z<p>When editing my profile, I see:</p>
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<p>You can't link a Stack Exchange account to your account on this site because there is no as...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/279375What are the rules of programming language compliance?Lundinhttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/81762020-11-19T14:19:39Z2020-11-19T20:37:39Z<p>Code Golf seems like a fun idea to me, since I'm a programmer by trade and "language lawyer" nerd as a hobby.</p>
<p>But every time I checked the code golf site on SE, I dismissed it ...https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/279217Do you want any special tag styling or requirements?Monica Celliohttps://codegolf.codidact.com/users/80462020-11-15T02:23:25Z2020-11-15T04:24:18Z<p>Codidact allows you to define three special <em>types</em> of tags:</p>
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<p>topic tags: these are treated as ordinary tags in all respects except that they're styled differently so t...