Re: Merging AI-generated program code
Lukas-Fabian Moser via Discussions on LilyPond development <[email protected]> Mon, 1 Jun 2026 14:03:30 +0200
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>>> is only met by "the git history is not perfectly clean, we won't >>> evaluate even the concept" or "there was some assistance by AI, so >>> we are to assume that he never read his code and doesn't understand >>> it anyway" >>> >> I understand the frustration you describe, but let me point out that >> in both sentences, the part after the comma is//your interpretation. >> You were asked to clean up the git history, and it was suggested to >> discuss the general approach not in a merge request (which is usually >> used for code review). If I understand you correctly, we both agree >> that you sought feedback on the general concept, not an actual >> line-for-line code review. And given the large quantity of code, I >> can understand that a reviewer asks for some background and >> explanations before diving into the actual code. > Not sure which two sentences you mean referring to one single (okay, > very long9 sentence with several commas. Frustration does not get less > if someone perceives things as "interpretation", independently how far > this is true. I meant the two sentences in quotation marks above. We all can but interpret what the other person might have meant to say; but putting that interpretation inside of quotation marks tends to misrepresent what the other person said. >>> and pseudo-academic meta discussions like this one, or about if >>> creating code is allowed to change from how it was the ideology in >>> the 80s. >>> >> Sigh. I second David's request about avoiding the use of hyperbole. >> > This is your interpretation. Sigh. I'm out of this discussion. Lukas