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@ -65,11 +65,11 @@ GPT-4 code editing format:
- FLEXIBLE - Strive to be maximally flexible when interpreting GPT's edit instructions. - FLEXIBLE - Strive to be maximally flexible when interpreting GPT's edit instructions.
A helpful shortcut here is to have empathy for GPT, and imagine you A helpful shortcut here is to have empathy for GPT, and imagine you
are the one being tasked with specifying code edits. are the one being asked to specify code edits.
Would you want to hand type a properly escaped json data structure Would you want to hand type a properly escaped json data structure
to invoke surgical insert, delete, replace operations on specific code line numbers? to invoke surgical insert, delete, replace operations on specific code line numbers?
Would it be ok to How would you feel about
trigger an error and be forced to start over errors firing
after any typo, off-by-one line number or flubbed escape sequence? after any typo, off-by-one line number or flubbed escape sequence?
GPT is quantitatively better at code editing when you reduce the GPT is quantitatively better at code editing when you reduce the
@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ On the other hand, the core of the unified diff format is very simple.
You include a hunk of the file that needs to be changed, You include a hunk of the file that needs to be changed,
with every line prefixed by a character with every line prefixed by a character
to indicate unchanged, new or deleted lines. to indicate unchanged, new or deleted lines.
A unified diff looks pretty much like the code it is modifying. A unified diff looks pretty much like the code it is modifying.
The one complicated piece is the line numbers found at the start The one complicated piece is the line numbers found at the start
@ -150,7 +149,7 @@ numbers in editing formats,
backed up by many quantitative benchmark experiments. backed up by many quantitative benchmark experiments.
You've probably ignored the line numbers in every diff you've seen? You've probably ignored the line numbers in every diff you've seen?
So aider tells GPT not to even include them, Aider tells GPT not to include them,
and just interprets each hunk from the unified diffs and just interprets each hunk from the unified diffs
as a search and replace operation: as a search and replace operation: