board view for checking

i still think that you should add ?board=1 argument to the rules so that script should draw a board, so that it can be checked easily.

i know that every code can be checked, but it is slower to do so when you look at the code, but easyer when you look at the results (board).

so, just say that if ?board=1 GET param is set, ppl should print plain <table>, no extra info, no extra stuff, just <tr>s and <td>s..

What Matt says is true: It will quickly be determined if the winner's code has any bugs, but I am sure that most people's code will be very difficult to debug. Also, while the winners code will surely be checked, the other entrants may not be.

I'm sure it is too much to ask that people debug other people's complex code.

I will be coding a board display for my code, then when I enter it I will simply comment out the line that calls it. This way, anybody can see what board was generated.

Perhaps everybody should do the same. This competition is such that every entrant's code could have a different result. I think it is fairer to everyone to show the board, or at least have the option to.

In retrospect, yes I should have. I believe it is too late in the game now though as I have already received entries.

maybe you just put it like an optional thing. it shouldn't affect the result, but that anyone who can, put it with the ?board=1 parametar. with that, everyone's code would be testable the same (and not that you should coment out lines in one, call a different file with other...)