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Meta Is it good practice to change the names of variables in challenges?

Today, I have posted my first challenge in Code Golf. I have made the Job in 202 byte. Someone in comments, have changed variables name. e.g: From rot to o, and this renaming have saved 2 bytes. ...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Kevin M. Mansour‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Kevin M. Mansour‭

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#2: Post edited by user avatar Kevin M. Mansour‭ · 2021-07-29T02:09:29Z (over 3 years ago)
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  • is it good practice to change the names of variables in challenges?
  • Is it good practice to change the names of variables in challenges?
#1: Initial revision by user avatar Kevin M. Mansour‭ · 2021-07-28T22:30:50Z (over 3 years ago)
is it good practice to change the names of variables in challenges?
Today, I have posted my [first challenge](https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/282903#answer-282903) in Code Golf. I have made the Job in 202 byte. 

Someone in comments, have changed variables name. e.g:

From `rot` to `o`, and this renaming have saved 2 bytes.

So, Is it good practice to change the names of variables in challenges?