Write valid scripts instead of invalid ones

autogolf/__init__.py

@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ chars = '0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ!"#$%&\'(
 
 class Status(Enum):
     """Possible correctness statuses for a program."""
-    Correct = auto()
+    Correct = auto() # returns the expected output and a 0 exit code
-    WrongAnswer = auto()
+    Invalid = auto() # has a syntax error or uses an undefined command
-    Timeout = auto()
+    WrongAnswer = auto() # returns an unknown exit code or invalid output
-    Invalid = auto()
+    Timeout = auto() # ran for more time than allowed by the timeout value
 
 
 def check_pair(script, instr, outstr, timeout) -> Status:
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def find_script(
     max_length,
     processes,
     timeout,
-    invalid_prefix,
+    out_valid_prefix,
     out_log,
 ) -> List[str]:
     """
@@ -101,17 +101,18 @@ def find_script(
     :param max_length: maximum script length to test
     :param processes: number of parallel processes to spawn
     :param timeout: maximum allowed time in seconds for each script run
-    :param invalid_prefix: prefix to the files in which invalid scripts
+    :param out_valid_prefix: store valid scripts (includes correct scripts
-        are to be stored, one file per script length
+        and incorrect scripts that do not contain syntax or runtime errors)
+        into files starting with this prefix
     :param out_log: stream to which progress logs are written
     :returns: list of matching scripts
     """
     candidates = []
-    out_invalid = []
+    out_valid = []
     bound_check_script = partial(check_script, pairs, timeout)
 
     for i in range(max_length + 1):
-        out_invalid.append(open(invalid_prefix + str(i), "w"))
+        out_valid.append(open(out_valid_prefix + str(i), "w"))
 
     chars_count = len(chars)
     num_tasks = int((chars_count ** (max_length + 1) - 1) / (chars_count - 1))
@@ -141,10 +142,10 @@ def find_script(
                 )
                 candidates.append(script)
 
-            if status == Status.Invalid:
+            if status != Status.Invalid:
-                print(script, file=out_invalid[len(script)])
+                print(script, file=out_valid[len(script)], flush=True)
 
-    for file in out_invalid:
+    for file in out_valid:
         file.close()
 
     print(f"Finished in {time() - start_time:.1f}s", file=out_log, flush=True)

run.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import sys
 
 processes = 8
 timeout = 5 # seconds
-invalid_prefix = "output/invalid_scripts_"
+out_valid_prefix = "output/valid_scripts_"
 out_log = sys.stdout
 
 print("\nSearching for identity")
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ identity = autogolf.find_script(
     max_length=3,
     processes=processes,
     timeout=timeout,
-    invalid_prefix=invalid_prefix,
+    out_valid_prefix=out_valid_prefix,
     out_log=out_log,
 )
 print("Candidates:", identity)
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ successor = autogolf.find_script(
     max_length=5,
     processes=processes,
     timeout=timeout,
-    invalid_prefix=invalid_prefix,
+    out_valid_prefix=out_valid_prefix,
     out_log=out_log,
 )
 print("Candidates:", successor)