Updated 3.5 vs 4

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Paul Gauthier 2023-06-21 18:29:33 -07:00
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@ -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