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It doesn't need the entire codebase, it just needs the call map, the function signatures, etc. It doesn't have to include everything in a call - but having acce
by exe34 1y ago
It doesn't need the entire codebase, it just needs the call map, the function signatures, etc. It doesn't have to include everything in a call - but having access to all of it means it can pick what seems relevant.
- danielbln 1y agoYes, that's exactly right. The LLM gets a rough overview over the project (as you said, including function signatures and such) and will then decide what to open and use to complete/implement the objective.
- otabdeveloper4 1y agoIn a real project the call map and function signatures are millions of tokens themselves.
- exe34 1y agoFor sufficiently large values of real.
- otabdeveloper4 1y agoAnything less is not a "project", it's a "file".
- exe34 1y agoThat's right, there is no true Scotsman!
- otabdeveloper4 1y agoIncorrect attempt as fallacy baiting. If your repo map fits into 1000 tokens then your repo is small enough that you can just concatenate all the files together and feed the result as one prompt to the LLM. No, current LLM technology does not allow to process actual (i.e. large) repos.
- simonw 1y agoWhere's your cutoff for "large"?