From efd4e973ddcdd2bff80268bba2af6d30bdf81f64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Gauthier Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2023 18:29:33 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Updated 3.5 vs 4 --- README.md | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index c2e50d17d..086fd125a 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -114,16 +114,17 @@ You will probably get the best results with one of the GPT-4 models, because of their large context windows, adherance to system prompt instructions and greater competance at coding tasks. -The GPT-4 models are also able to use a +The GPT-4 models are able to structure code edits as simple "diffs" +and use a [repository map](https://aider.chat/docs/ctags.html) to improve their ability to make changes in larger codebases. The GPT-3.5 models are supported more experimentally and are limited to editing somewhat smaller codebases. They are less able to follow instructions and -aren't able to return code edits in a compact format. +aren't able to return code edits in a compact "diff" format. So aider has -to ask GPT-3.5 to return a full copy of any code that needs to be edited. +to ask GPT-3.5 to return a new copy of the "whole file" with edits included. This rapidly uses up tokens and can hit the limits of the context window. Aider disables the