Re: Policy on use of LLM tools and bug fixes

Giacomo Tesio <[email protected]> Sat, 25 Apr 2026 15:33:40 +0200

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On Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:48:28 -0700 (PDT) Richard Kenner

> > > So an auto-complete done by an LLM counts, but one generated by
> > > a less-sophisticated plugin doesn't?  What's the difference?  
> > 
> > Well, there are so many deep differences that I wonder if your is a
> > honest question or not.  
> 
> I'm talking about the *definition*, not philosphical issues.
> 
> Does the proposed *definition* only refer to LLMs?

ehm... yes?

That's the topic of this thread, after all.

The proposed definition was:

> Any sequence of bytes computed by a local or remote large language
> model that have been included in GCC repository.

https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc/2026-April/248013.html

But really, right now I wonder if we are facing a language barrier...


Giacomo