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To Admin, one little suggestion to the site regarding to code submission
By DoctorLai, 11 years ago, In English

Is it better to automatically select the right language based on the file extension on code submissions?

For example, if I choose code.py the system should automatically detect it is a Python source code instead of giving me a 'Compiler Error' if I forgot to select the right language?

Thanks

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11 years ago, # |
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I don't think it's OK for C++ and Java — there are two versions of each, and these versions are different. For example, gcc3 and gcc4 are not compatible — code can easily get CE under gcc4 and OK under gcc3.

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I think it's better to make people to choose the default language in the account settings.

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