So I was doing this problem: https://mirror.codeforces.com/contest/1490/problem/F. And I got TLE when I use C++11: https://mirror.codeforces.com/contest/1490/submission/144339905 . and C++14: https://mirror.codeforces.com/contest/1490/submission/144338420 . but AC when using C++20: https://mirror.codeforces.com/contest/1490/submission/144339955 . Can anyone tell me why this is happening?
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unordered_maptomap. Time complexity ofunordered_mapon average isO(1)but it's worst case complexity isO(n)https://mirror.codeforces.com/contest/1490/submission/144341577
Thank you.
So that mean access element of a unordered_map is faster in C++20?
This is a problem from a Div3 contest, which means that this contest had a 12 hours hacking phase. And unordered_map is known to be vulnerable to adversarially constructed input data, which may hit the worst case time complexity. C++20 isn't better. It's just a newer complier, which probably changed its unordered_map implementation a little a bit. So the old hacks need to be adjusted to successfully target it too. See https://mirror.codeforces.com/blog/entry/62393
Thank you.