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1. spicyb+mf[view] [source] 2026-01-19 23:15:41
>>Scramb+(OP)
One novel part here is every function is required to have tests that run at compile time.

I'm still skeptical of the value add having to teaching a custom language to an LLM instead of using something like lua or python and applying constraints like test requirements onto that.

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2. pmontr+p11[view] [source] 2026-01-20 07:22:10
>>spicyb+mf
I'm not sure that it's novel but I'm skeptical about the noise to signal ratio for anything that is not an example.

I think that a real world file of source code will be either completely polluted by tests (they are way longer than the actual code they test) or become

  fn process_order {
    ... 
  } 
  shadow process_order {
    assert test_process_order
  }
and the test code will be written in another file, and every function in the test code will have its own shadow function asserting true, to please the compiler.
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