tracks/python/exercises/connect/README.md in trackler-2.2.1.74 vs tracks/python/exercises/connect/README.md in trackler-2.2.1.75

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@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ (For example, players may have mismatched piece counts.) The boards look like this (with spaces added for readability, which won't be in the representation passed to your code): -``` +```text . O . X . . X X O . O O O X . . X O X O X O O O X @@ -28,17 +28,32 @@ "Player `O`" plays from top to bottom, "Player `X`" plays from left to right. In the above example `O` has made a connection from left to right but nobody has won since `O` didn't connect top and bottom. -### Submitting Exercises +## Exception messages +Sometimes it is necessary to raise an exception. When you do this, you should include a meaningful error message to +indicate what the source of the error is. This makes your code more readable and helps significantly with debugging. Not +every exercise will require you to raise an exception, but for those that do, the tests will only pass if you include +a message. + +To raise a message with an exception, just write it as an argument to the exception type. For example, instead of +`raise Exception`, you shold write: + +```python +raise Exception("Meaningful message indicating the source of the error") +``` + + +## Submitting Exercises + Note that, when trying to submit an exercise, make sure the solution is in the `exercism/python/<exerciseName>` directory. For example, if you're submitting `bob.py` for the Bob exercise, the submit command would be something like `exercism submit <path_to_exercism_dir>/python/bob/bob.py`. - For more detailed information about running tests, code style and linting, please see the [help page](http://exercism.io/languages/python). + ## Submitting Incomplete Solutions It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.