unborn ocean
Step 3 requires us to create a random 100-char key for vigenere if the key is empty:
If someone doesn't submit a key at all, generate a truly random key of at least 100 lowercase characters in length.
and nowhere in the instructions is there mention of a minimum key length.
However, the tests require the function to return nil for any key < length 3, including length 0.
tribal schoonerBOT
๐ Hello! If you found an bug or want to suggest an improvement to either the website or an exercise, then the forum (https://forum.exercism.org) is the best place to post as it allows long-term asynchronous conversations. Please make sure you read https://exercism.org/docs/community/being-a-good-community-member/suggesting-exercise-improvements before posting.
sullen estuary
In general, the tests are the exercise requirements and needing to run the tests to discover all the requirements is working as intended.
#1082698079163134073 is meant for help solving an exercise, and not as a platform to discuss exercises.
unborn ocean
@sullen estuary I understand, but I do not use discourse and github issues are disallowed. Do you have another suggestion on how to provide feedback?
I'm happy to stop providing feedback as well if that's better. Doesn't matter either way to me.
grim tusk
<@337099094411706370> I understand, but I do not use discourse and github issues...
if you want to suggest a change you can visit the exercism forum and make a post where you explain your change. from there on you can initiate a PR for the change if approved ๐
unborn ocean
@grim tusk what is the exercism forum? I thought that was discourse.
grim tusk
Please re-read very first response to your question by @tribal schooner ๐
unborn ocean
@grim tusk Yes. forum.exercism.org is discourse. I do not use discourse (please read my response to Isaac).
grim tusk
You have an exercism account, right?
With your exercism account you can use the exercism forum
I don't understand what you mean with "I do not use discourse". Do you mean "discord" when saying "discourse"?
unborn ocean
you don't understand. It's not that I can't use it, I choose not to.
and no - forum.exercism.org is run by discourse.
grim tusk
oh you don't want to use the forum. ok
unborn ocean
that.
this runs forum.exercism.org.
so there's no other place to suggest changes / report bugs other than discourse and here. If I can't do it here, then I'll just stop doing it. No biggie.
unborn ocean
where's that menu?
grim tusk
inside the exercise, in the code editor. on the right side
grim tusk
unborn ocean
ah, so you have to actually be IN the editor. Gotcha.
I do all of mine locally so I don't see that menu.
Where does that get posted?
unborn ocean
if it goes to discourse then that's not ok.
eh, too complicated. I'll just wait for github issues to be permitted again. Appreciate the help though!
grim tusk
github PRs get auto rejected, did you get your github issue to be not auto rejected?
unborn ocean
no.
that's my point: github got shut down and the alternative (discourse) doesn't work for me, so I was hoping that I could use discord (here) to report issues, but apparently that's not allowed. So there's no way for me to report issues.
fickle mango
a lot of people (maintainers) still prefer the forum because it is easier to keep track, slower pace and they themselves don't use discord
as for the exercise itself, despite the introduction text and the problem specs. sometimes maintainer chose to implement extra test (either to enforce something, or adding new tests to match with the introduction)
so when I did this exercise for powershell track, I add tests that actually check for the random generated key that mentioned above. some tracks dont have it, but it's fine because they still follow the specs
in the case of the go track, that might be the key regarding the minimum key len test. so there are 2 ways you can deal with this imo
unborn ocean
@fickle mango I understand. The problem is that the readme instructions conflict with the tests. That's all.
if you follow the readme, your tests will fail.
sullen estuary
<@337099094411706370> I understand, but I do not use discourse and github issues...
There's one supported mechanism to discuss the exercises: Discourse.There is no other platform we use for that type of discussion. If you don't want to use the platform we use to report and discuss feedback, then ... you can get someone to post for you or something. Or opt to not provide feedback.
