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Comment by crazygringo

1 day ago

What specifically are its modes of failure? I've never tried doing that, do very curious what the roadblocks are.

I've done something similar for a refactor.

It simply forgets code exists during a port. It will port part of a function and ignore the rest, it will scan a whole file into context and then forget that a different codepath exists.

I would never rely on it for a 1:1 mapping of large features/code transformations. Small stuff sure, but beyond say a few large files it will miss things and you will be scratching your head for why it's not working.

  • Sometimes, it also tells you it is done, but if you look at the code, there's a bunch of placeholder comments in the style of "will implement this later if we figure out how to do it".