Fix 2019/karns

A strange problem is that although it worked with macOS and linux for me
numerous times in the past it stopped working under both. I went to try
and figure it out but when disabling the optimiser for debug symbols the
problem vanished. Changing it back to -O3 and the problem reappeared
both with macOS and linux. Thus it appears that the entry should not
have -O level > 0. I'm not sure if this is the same issue the author
reported where it sometimes segfaults but I did not try and figure it
out either (in any event the crash disappeared when -O0 was specified so
it'd be harder to debug).

Added to .gitignore the file the author noted the program is called (as
the command he gives creates). To make it easier I just made it a
symlink to prog.

Fixed formatting in README.md.
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# Optimization
#
OPT= -O3
OPT=
# Default flags for ANSI C compilation
#
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ALT_OBJ=
ALT_TARGET=
############################
# FORCE no -O level #
# ##########################
COPT+= -O0
#################
# build the entry
@@ -134,6 +138,11 @@ all: data ${TARGET}
${PROG}: ${PROG}.c
${CC} ${CFLAGS} $< -o $@ ${LIBS}
${LN} -sf ${PROG} tbfs
test: prog
${CAT} prog.c | ./prog
# alternative executable
#
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# Most in need of whitespace
Joshua Karns
Twitter: @jkarnss
Joshua Karns
Twitter: @jkarnss
## To build:
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./prog < textfile_that_fits_on_the_screen
```
[Cody Boone Ferguson](/winners.html#Cody_Boone_Ferguson) reported that with `-O`
level > 0 this program segfaults (sometimes?). He's not sure why as it worked
fine before on the same systems tested but `-O0` appears to fix the problem in
both macOS and linux. Perhaps this is the problem that the author reported where
it sometimes segfaults but Cody did not try debugging it. Thank you Cody for
your assistance!
## Try:
```sh
@@ -34,21 +42,24 @@ the terminal, like:
## Judges' comments:
If you typically get lost in mazes, watching this program run might -- or might not, YMMV --
teach you how to find your way in a maze. The algorithm is well-known but the drawing is amazing!
If you typically get lost in mazes, watching this program run might -- or might
not, YMMV -- teach you how to find your way in a maze. The algorithm is
well-known but the drawing is amazing!
Before running, make sure that your terminal can accommodate the whole file. Before running "make test",
make it about 120x40 to be safe, ensuring that you see the @ sign as well as the exclamation mark.
Before running, make sure that your terminal can accommodate the whole file.
Before running "make test", make it about 120x40 to be safe, ensuring that you
see the @ sign as well as the exclamation mark.
...Oh, and the first M in YMMV stands for "mazing".
A puzzle for the reader: Can you change the program to consider a diagonal movement as one step?
A puzzle for the reader: Can you change the program to consider a diagonal
movement as one step?
## Author's comments:
### The Program
### The Program:
This program is pretty simple! It performs a breadth first search on the
This program is pretty simple! It performs a breadth first search on the
specified graph. The graph can be any ascii text file that has an 'at'
character, which is going to be the starting location, and a '!' character
which will be the destination.
@@ -57,7 +68,7 @@ The nodes on this graph that are spaces are connected with any directly
adjacent nodes that are also spaces. Nodes that aren't spaces are not
connected with anything.
### Compiling and Running
### Compiling and Running:
This program usually compiles under both GCC and clang. Build with:
@@ -65,7 +76,7 @@ This program usually compiles under both GCC and clang. Build with:
$(CC) -std=c99 -o tbfs prog.c
```
where $(CC) is cc, gcc, clang, or somet other c compiler.
where $(CC) is cc, gcc, clang, or some other c compiler.
You can then run it with:
@@ -85,8 +96,8 @@ Examples:
- The program must be ran in a terminal that supports ANSI escape codes for
moving the cursor and changing colors.
- Segfaults happen sometimes.
- I don't know what memergy management there is, if any.
- Ths program will not compile by an ANSI C compiler: it uses for loops, and
- I don't know what memory management there is, if any.
- The program will not compile by an ANSI C compiler: it uses for loops, and
it uses C++ style comments. It should compile cleanly using a C99 standard.
- Breadth first search is slow (and very slow on certain maps), but my A star
version of this program is too big.