SUMFOUR time limit

[cyclops]

Hi, I'm new here and am confused by a time limit.

Classical problem #1296 SUMFOUR states that the time limit is 10s.

When looking at accepted submissions, most ran in more than 10s. At the time of this post, only 31 people stayed within 10s, and the slowest accepted submission has time 34.09s. This doesn't seem right?

[gooey_kablooie_sof]

Time limit is 10 seconds for one input file only. Some problems have multiple input files (like SUMFOUR, ABCDEF etc). The time displayed at the end is the sum of running times taken for all input files.

[cyclops]

Time limit is 10 seconds for one input file only. Some problems have multiple input files (like SUMFOUR, ABCDEF etc). The time displayed at the end is the sum of running times taken for all input files.

Oh okay, so this isn't really a bug then, just something to confuse newcomers (or maybe there was some introductory material I didn't read carefully enough that covers this?). Thanks for clearing that up.

[gooey_kablooie_sof]

Oh okay, so this isn't really a bug then, just something to confuse newcomers (or maybe there was some introductory material I didn't read carefully enough that covers this?). Thanks for clearing that up.

There is a short description that can be found here

[cyclops]

There is a short description that can be found here

Thanks. So this thread doesn't belong in the "Bugs" subforum, I'm not sure if a mod should move it; also not sure how to mark it as [SOLVED] like is possible in some other forums; seems like editing the first post to change the subject might not show on the main listing.