are the CODY challenges being curated and tested properly?

hi there

I have from time to time fallen over extremely short "leading solutions" in various challenges. E.g. Cody 558

https://se.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/groups/285/problems/558

the "leading solution" is

function ans = your_fcn_name(varargin)
    ! echo "function assert(~)" > ./assert.m
end

It seems to me that a lot of the "solutions" are just clever hacks to get around the asserts, and not a proper solution to the challenges.

If the leader board is to have any valude you need to CHANGE THIS, PLEASE!

[John D'Errico]

Note that Answers is NOT MATLAB Central support. By posting a request on Answers, there is no assurance at all that the Cody team would even see your request.

Regardless, see my lengthy answer and the comments to it on this post:

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/586505-for-cody-challenges-should-the-best-solutions-be-based-on-the-least-number-of-characters-used-in-on?s_tid=srchtitle

Yes, there are many clever hacks to game the scoring. Sadly, that is life. It matters not how you set up the system, there will be someone willing to game it so their name will be on the top rung of a meaningless ladder. The measure of a life is not their Cody ranking.

[Jimmy Sølvsteen Nielsen]

thank you John for taking the time after all even if I posted the wrong place.

Yes I agree, their worth is not equal to their Cody ranking ;-)

And it probably doesnt help to try and convince them to change their mind. I shall find peace in believing that not all community users are trying to game the score.

[John D'Errico]

Yes. You know good code when you see it, when you write it. So enjoy Cody for what it is worth - a source of interesting problems.

[Christian Schröder]

Shell escapes are not permitted on Cody anymore BTW, and if you find any solutions abusing them, you should flag them as Hacks/Cheats so the moderators can handle them.