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Meta Do we require codegolf challenges include example code?

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. Th...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by moony‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by dzaima‭

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#1: Initial revision by user avatar moony‭ · 2020-11-30T20:24:40Z (about 4 years ago)
Do we require codegolf challenges include example code?
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.

This would augment the challenge's description with a known-working solution contestants can use as a guide, and would make more complex challenges more approachable.