From 1b602111fee268775fb4ee3b197369874d415ed8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Gauthier Date: Tue, 9 May 2023 21:20:06 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] updated readme --- README.md | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 6cbbc3943..bae8333d5 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ You can also use additional command-line options to customize the behavior of th Aider basically requires GPT-4. You can invoke it with `aider -3` to try using gpt-3.5-turbo, but it will almost certainly fail to function correctly. -GPT-3.5 is unable to consistently follow directions to generate code edits in a stable, parsable format. +GPT-3.5 is unable to consistently follow directions to generate concise code edits in a stable, parsable format. -Aider also can only edit code that can fit in the context window. +Aider can only edit code that fits in the GPT context window. For GPT-4 that is 8k tokens. -It helps to be selective about which of your source files you give to aider. +It helps to be selective about which of your source files you discuss with aider at once. It can also help to refactor your code into more, smaller files. -Aider can help with such refactorings if you start them before the files hit the context window limit. +Aider can help with perform such refactorings, if you start before the files get too large. If you have access to gpt-4-32k, I would be curious to hear how it works with aider.