Create a sub category for non recommended/obfuscated/outright bad code in quizz challenges

Question

Too many convoluted questions in quizzes

Answer 1

Context: I went through a few C++ quizz challenges and many questions should be put in a special/sub category. For a site with learn in its name, recommended and best practices should be the basis for the questions in the quizzes. Very cryptic questions should be flagged as such or put in a sub category.

One of the questions I saw fell outright in the realm of undefined behavior ... The bulk of the questions should be compilable with -Wall activated (or the equivalent for your favorite compiler)

Answer 2

hinanawi Exactly my point, the questions should also/primarily serve to make members and especially beginners get sound foundations and get acquainted with best/recommended modern practices. Tricky/legalese/standard nitpicky brain teasers should be tagged as such.

Answer 3

undefined behaviors are just features imho

Answer 4

hinanawi Those could be considered that way, I agree. But by their very definition, questions containing them have undefined answers ... so for this kind of questions, at least an undefined behavior answer should be proposed.

But my point was more general than this particular issue.

Answer 5

rivokl i'm aware, but questions like that are just meant to be brain-teasers not actual questions to progress knowledge. adding a separate category for them would (imo) make either too many or too little people actually try answering those questions which would make for a confusing experience (especially for beginners)