Day 10: Hoof It
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FAQ
- What is this?: Here is a post with a large amount of details: https://programming.dev/post/6637268
- Where do I participate?: https://adventofcode.com/
- Is there a leaderboard for the community?: We have a programming.dev leaderboard with the info on how to join in this post: https://programming.dev/post/6631465
Python
Sets of tuples and iteration for both first and second parts. A list of tuples used as a stack for the conversion of recursion to iteration. Dictionary of legal trail moves for traversal. Type hints for antibugging in VSCode. Couple of seconds runtime for each part.
https://github.com/jdnewmil/aocpy/blob/master/aocpy%2Faoc2024%2Fday10.py
are type hints only for debugging? I never really used them.
your code was interesting, where do you think your script was taking longer than usual to solve? Does VSCode help with this?
my python script only takes 1.5 milliseconds to solve both parts.
Not “debugging” … the value comes before I even try to run the code. The background syntax checker highlights when the types don’t agree into and out of each function call and I don’t get errors like trying to index into an integer.
As for time… I guessed… I did not measure. I have limited time to play with this and don’t optimize unless I find myself waiting excessively for an answer.