illy [Shrimple-mode] :protomoji_orange_flag_lesbian: (@illyBytes)

✧✦Catherine✦✧ @whitequark@treehouse.systems

2mo

i'm at a loss of words after reading a paper about reformatting code using an ML model that has a measured statistical quantity A_c which says how often the reformatted code behaves the same as the original

the "ideal" (their choice of words) case is 64.2%

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✧✦Catherine✦✧ @whitequark@treehouse.systems

2mo

this isn't satire, this is real research published by IEEE/ACM

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

2mo

@whitequark @danlyke so … by "reformatted" I assume you mean aesthetically tidied up, with no change in functionality required?

If I got that right: wtf?

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✧✦Catherine✦✧ @whitequark@treehouse.systems

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@deborahh @danlyke this is what a reasonable person would understand to be "code style", yes

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Ken Butler @nxskok@cupoftea.social

2mo

@whitequark @deborahh @danlyke ie, the sort of thing a linter does?

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Henning Paul DC4HP @hennichodernich@radiosocial.de

2mo

@nxskok @whitequark @deborahh @danlyke to be fair, according to the paper, replacing for with while loops and vice versa and the like was also the goal

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illy [Shrimple-mode]

@illyBytes@shrimp.imsofucking.gay

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@hennichodernich @danlyke @whitequark @deborahh @nxskok but like wouldn't that be easy to implement?
like

for(expression;bool expression; affectation) that would turn into
expression; while (bool) { //every possible branch inside while would get affectation }

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