alt Hacker NewsThe parsing code isn't even correct, though. I'm sure it works for the current input source code, but it's a clear sign of an LLM developing by iteration, rather than actually understanding the problem and coming up with a correct solution.
How often does "this table of constants was transcribed incorrectly" even come up as a bug class? Is it worth writing a buggy C parser for a failure mode that doesn't happen? Do you expect that Linux is going to change their constant definitions out from under you?
Correct depends on what problem one is trying to solve though the parsing can certainly be cleaned up before release. It is a working WIP.
> Do you expect that Linux is going to change their constant definitions out from under you
Unlikely but I have been surprised before. Hardcoding to pretty much any modern kernel source version forever for this narrow use case is probably fine.
The goal is about helping me and a reviewer quickly form confidence none of the magic numbers are mistaken or malicious in an automated way against the source of truth.