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Spot a compile error (contains a spoiler for GCJ 2011 Qual C “Candy Splitting”)
By fixme, 13 years ago, In English

I wrote the following C++ code while I was trying to solve Google Code Jam 2011 Qualification Round Problem C “Candy Splitting” (the code presented here is slightly modified but essentially the same).

int N;
scanf("%d", &N);
vector<int> candies(N);
for (int i = 0; i < N; ++i)
    scanf("%d", &candies[i]);
int xor = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < N; ++i)
    xor ^= candies[i];

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13 years ago, # |
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no problem
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    You are right.  But I appreciate if you hide the answer in some way.
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      I had the same problem in the past and I know what is the answer. I've lost several minutes to find out what's wrong when it happened in the past. I'm glad that this was on the local practice round. By the way (white text):

      I met the same problem with the word «link».

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That's interesting, would it still have error if adapted to pure C?
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...I think no, cause pure C has only 32 reserved words...
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The answer is in the previous version.
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13 years ago, # |
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It actually compiles just fine under MSVC++ (but fails under g++).
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sometimes I had a similar problem on Timus online judge  because the name  next was reserved.
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