Homework Forum

[sparkz_alot]

aside from what we (intend to) do elsewhere on this site, what do we intend to do in the Homework forum?  1. help people with their homework related to Python programming -or- 2. teach them how to program in Python (the right way)?

I don't see why they need to be mutually exclusive. The right way? A basic example is that in Python, indentation matters, so any number of spaces is the "right way" but 4 spaces is the common practice. You can name variables pretty much anything you want, so naming a variable 'x' would be the right way, but again, common practice is to use descriptive names and not single letters.

I don't think the intent of the Homework forum has changed since the old forum. That being, we will assist and guide you, but we will not do the work for you.

I believe the intent of Ichabod's original post (correct me, Ichabod, if I'm off here) was that in the Homework forum we need to constrain our responses to the assignment given. I agree with that whole heartedly and without reservation.  After all, we did not create the assignment nor is the final grade received by the student our grade. So in that regard, I suppose your option 1 would be the best fit. Since I do not know of any member in any forum deliberately sabotaging code, I think option 2 is rather moot.