How do I make a 'special problem' on Codeforces?

Revision en2, by purplesyringa, 2020-11-26 23:39:26

I'm interested in non-classic problems here on Codeforces, so I've looked through the problems with special tag. The ones with non-standard format are:

  1. Problems that can only be solved in a single special language, such as Q# or a secret language. Example: the whole Kotlin Heroes 5: ICPC Round and Unknown Language Round 1 contests.
  2. Problems with a stateful checker, which detects how many submissions one has made. Example: 409H - A + B Strikes Back.

I also vaguely remember a problem where one had to output his username, but it could be just a comment on a blog.

Anyway, I can't find out how to create any similar problem on Polygon. Obviously there's a whitelist of supported languages so I can't just choose, say, Brainfuck in a list. But what about adding an interpreter for the language in C as a separate file? Or allowing the checker to read the original code, not its output? I'm interested how this is implemented for the official contests and if I can do that in a gym.

As for the second type, it'd be useful if the checker could get meta-information such as the user handle or ID, and access a local DB or use network as a state store. I couldn't find any sane documentation so I'm asking here.

Tags codeforces, polygon, special problem

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