Problem p02696 (C++) — buggy submission, verdict: Time Limit Exceeded

#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>
#include <numeric>
#include <vector>
using namespace std;
using default_counter_t = int64_t;

// macro
#define let auto const &
#define overload4(a, b, c, d, name, ...) name
#define rep1(n)                                                                \\
  for (default_counter_t i = 0, end_i = default_counter_t(n); i < end_i; ++i)
#define rep2(i, n)                                                             \\
  for (default_counter_t i = 0, end_##i = default_counter_t(n); i < end_##i;   \\
       ++i)
#define rep3(i, a, b)                                                          \\
  for (default_counter_t i = default_counter_t(a),                             \\
                         end_##i = default_counter_t(b);                       \\
       i < end_##i; ++i)
#define rep4(i, a, b, c)                                                       \\
  for (default_counter_t i = default_counter_t(a),                             \\
                         end_##i = default_counter_t(b);                       \\
       i < end_##i; i += default_counter_t(c))
#define rep(...) overload4(__VA_ARGS__, rep4, rep3, rep2, rep1)(__VA_ARGS__)

#define rrep1(n)                                                               \\
  for (default_counter_t i = default_counter_t(n) - 1; i >= 0; --i)
#define rrep2(i, n)                                                            \\
  for (default_counter_t i = default_counter_t(n) - 1; i >= 0; --i)
#define rrep3(i, a, b)                                                         \\
  for (default_counter_t i = default_counter_t(b) - 1,                         \\
                         begin_##i = default_counter_t(a);                     \\
       i >= begin_##i; --i)
#define rrep4(i, a, b, c)                                                      \\
  for (default_counter_t                                                       \\
           i = (default_counter_t(b) - default_counter_t(a) - 1) /             \\
                   default_counter_t(c) * default_counter_t(c) +               \\
               default_counter_t(a),                                           \\
           begin_##i = default_counter_t(a);                                   \\
       i >= begin_##i; i -= default_counter_t(c))
#define rrep(...)                                                              \\
  overload4(__VA_ARGS__, rrep4, rrep3, rrep2, rrep1)(__VA_ARGS__)

#define ALL(f, c, ...)                                                         \\
  (([&](decltype((c)) cccc) {                                                  \\
    return (f)(std::begin(cccc), std::end(cccc), ##__VA_ARGS__);               \\
  })(c))

// function
template <class C> constexpr C &Sort(C &a) {
  std::sort(std::begin(a), std::end(a));
  return a;
}
template <class C> constexpr auto &Min(C const &a) {
  return *std::min_element(std::begin(a), std::end(a));
}
template <class C> constexpr auto &Max(C const &a) {
  return *std::max_element(std::begin(a), std::end(a));
}
template <class C> constexpr auto Total(C const &c) {
  return std::accumulate(std::begin(c), std::end(c), C(0));
}
template <typename T> auto CumSum(std::vector<T> const &v) {
  std::vector<T> a(v.size() + 1, T(0));
  for (std::size_t i = 0; i < a.size() - size_t(1); ++i)
    a[i + 1] = a[i] + v[i];
  return a;
}
template <typename T> constexpr bool ChMax(T &a, T const &b) {
  if (a < b) {
    a = b;
    return true;
  }
  return false;
}
template <typename T> constexpr bool ChMin(T &a, T const &b) {
  if (b < a) {
    a = b;
    return true;
  }
  return false;
}

void In(void) { return; }

template <typename First, typename... Rest>
void In(First &first, Rest &...rest) {
  cin >> first;
  In(rest...);
  return;
}

template <class T, typename I> void VectorIn(vector<T> &v, const I n) {
  v.resize(size_t(n));
  rep(i, v.size()) cin >> v[i];
}

void Out(void) {
  cout << "\\n";
  return;
}

template <typename First, typename... Rest>
void Out(First first, Rest... rest) {
  cout << first << " ";
  Out(rest...);
  return;
}

constexpr auto yes(const bool c) { return c ? "yes" : "no"; }
constexpr auto Yes(const bool c) { return c ? "Yes" : "No"; }
constexpr auto YES(const bool c) { return c ? "YES" : "NO"; }

#ifdef USE_STACK_TRACE_LOGGER
#ifdef __clang__
#pragma clang diagnostic push
#pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Weverything"
#include <glog/logging.h>
#pragma clang diagnostic pop
#endif //__clang__
#endif // USE_STACK_TRACE_LOGGER

int64_t A, B, N;
int64_t f(int64_t x) { return (A * x / B) - A * (x / B); }

signed main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
  (void)argc;
#ifdef USE_STACK_TRACE_LOGGER
  google::InitGoogleLogging(argv[0]);
  google::InstallFailureSignalHandler();
#else
  (void)argv;
#endif // USE_STACK_TRACE_LOGGER
  cin >> A >> B >> N;
  printf("%ld\\n", f(min(N, B - 1)));
  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}


Error: TLE

Fixed submission:

#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>
#include <numeric>
#include <vector>
using namespace std;
using default_counter_t = int64_t;

// macro
#define let auto const &
#define overload4(a, b, c, d, name, ...) name
#define rep1(n)                                                                \\
  for (default_counter_t i = 0, end_i = default_counter_t(n); i < end_i; ++i)
#define rep2(i, n)                                                             \\
  for (default_counter_t i = 0, end_##i = default_counter_t(n); i < end_##i;   \\
       ++i)
#define rep3(i, a, b)                                                          \\
  for (default_counter_t i = default_counter_t(a),                             \\
                         end_##i = default_counter_t(b);                       \\
       i < end_##i; ++i)
#define rep4(i, a, b, c)                                                       \\
  for (default_counter_t i = default_counter_t(a),                             \\
                         end_##i = default_counter_t(b);                       \\
       i < end_##i; i += default_counter_t(c))
#define rep(...) overload4(__VA_ARGS__, rep4, rep3, rep2, rep1)(__VA_ARGS__)

#define rrep1(n)                                                               \\
  for (default_counter_t i = default_counter_t(n) - 1; i >= 0; --i)
#define rrep2(i, n)                                                            \\
  for (default_counter_t i = default_counter_t(n) - 1; i >= 0; --i)
#define rrep3(i, a, b)                                                         \\
  for (default_counter_t i = default_counter_t(b) - 1,                         \\
                         begin_##i = default_counter_t(a);                     \\
       i >= begin_##i; --i)
#define rrep4(i, a, b, c)                                                      \\
  for (default_counter_t                                                       \\
           i = (default_counter_t(b) - default_counter_t(a) - 1) /             \\
                   default_counter_t(c) * default_counter_t(c) +               \\
               default_counter_t(a),                                           \\
           begin_##i = default_counter_t(a);                                   \\
       i >= begin_##i; i -= default_counter_t(c))
#define rrep(...)                                                              \\
  overload4(__VA_ARGS__, rrep4, rrep3, rrep2, rrep1)(__VA_ARGS__)

#define ALL(f, c, ...)                                                         \\
  (([&](decltype((c)) cccc) {                                                  \\
    return (f)(std::begin(cccc), std::end(cccc), ##__VA_ARGS__);               \\
  })(c))

// function
template <class C> constexpr C &Sort(C &a) {
  std::sort(std::begin(a), std::end(a));
  return a;
}
template <class C> constexpr auto &Min(C const &a) {
  return *std::min_element(std::begin(a), std::end(a));
}
template <class C> constexpr auto &Max(C const &a) {
  return *std::max_element(std::begin(a), std::end(a));
}
template <class C> constexpr auto Total(C const &c) {
  return std::accumulate(std::begin(c), std::end(c), C(0));
}
template <typename T> auto CumSum(std::vector<T> const &v) {
  std::vector<T> a(v.size() + 1, T(0));
  for (std::size_t i = 0; i < a.size() - size_t(1); ++i)
    a[i + 1] = a[i] + v[i];
  return a;
}
template <typename T> constexpr bool ChMax(T &a, T const &b) {
  if (a < b) {
    a = b;
    return true;
  }
  return false;
}
template <typename T> constexpr bool ChMin(T &a, T const &b) {
  if (b < a) {
    a = b;
    return true;
  }
  return false;
}

void In(void) { return; }

template <typename First, typename... Rest>
void In(First &first, Rest &...rest) {
  cin >> first;
  In(rest...);
  return;
}

template <class T, typename I> void VectorIn(vector<T> &v, const I n) {
  v.resize(size_t(n));
  rep(i, v.size()) cin >> v[i];
}

void Out(void) {
  cout << "\\n";
  return;
}

template <typename First, typename... Rest>
void Out(First first, Rest... rest) {
  cout << first << " ";
  Out(rest...);
  return;
}

constexpr auto yes(const bool c) { return c ? "yes" : "no"; }
constexpr auto Yes(const bool c) { return c ? "Yes" : "No"; }
constexpr auto YES(const bool c) { return c ? "YES" : "NO"; }

#ifdef USE_STACK_TRACE_LOGGER
#ifdef __clang__
#pragma clang diagnostic push
#pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Weverything"
#include <glog/logging.h>
#pragma clang diagnostic pop
#endif //__clang__
#endif // USE_STACK_TRACE_LOGGER

int64_t A, B, N;
int64_t f(int64_t x) { return (A * x / B) - A * (x / B); }

int64_t Ceil2(int64_t a, int64_t b) { return (a + b - 1) / b; }

signed main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
  (void)argc;
#ifdef USE_STACK_TRACE_LOGGER
  google::InitGoogleLogging(argv[0]);
  google::InstallFailureSignalHandler();
#else
  (void)argv;
#endif // USE_STACK_TRACE_LOGGER
  cin >> A >> B >> N;

  int64_t ans = 0;

  int64_t C = A;

  while (true) {
    int64_t i = Ceil2(C, B);
    int64_t D = B * i;
    int64_t x = Ceil2(D, A);

    if (x > B || x > N)
      break;
    ChMax(ans, f(x));
    C = A * x;
  }
  rep(x, 1, min(A + 1, N + 1)) { ChMax(ans, f(x)); }

  printf("%ld\\n", ans);
  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}