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Answer by Martin Ender for Loopholes that are forbidden by default

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Adding input or rules which weren't explicitly mentioned in the challenge

There was recently a case where an answerer claimed

Nowhere does it say the program can't (also) ask the user what the [result] is.

Adding additional input or new rules, because they haven't been explicitly forbidden, can considerably simplify the challenge or make it trivial. That's certainly not in the spirit of any challenge.


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