Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over

From	ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram)
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over
Date	2025-10-01 22:33 +0000
Organization	Stefan Ram
Message-ID	<chatbot-20251001232917@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de> (permalink)
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Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote or quoted:
>... another chatbot?

  ... or the same chatbot.

  I tried out a little experiment:

  First prompt,

Please write a C program to copy a file on Linux.

  . I got some code. Then I started a /new session/ and told 
  /the same chatbot/ to check this code. He came up with:

|This program is a simple file copy utility in C. It mostly
|works fine, but a few issues, edge cases, and improvements can
|be made for safety, clarity, and robustness. 
|
|Potential Bugs and Deficiencies
|
|Error handling on fread:
|
|The loop checks only fread > 0. If fread returns 0 but not due
|to EOF (like from a read error), it won't handle the error.
|Currently, it won't issue an error if something goes wrong
|mid-read.
|
|Overwriting existing files without warning:
|
|The destination file is always created/truncated. This could
|lead to accidental data loss. No confirmation is requested
|when overwriting.
|
|No handling of partial writes properly:
|
|fwrite could, in rare cases, write fewer bytes than requested
|without returning an error immediately. The code checks if
|fwrite wrote all intended bytes, but it exits on error instead
|of attempting to complete the write.
|
|File closing errors not handled:
|
|fclose can fail (e.g., if flushing buffers to disk fails). 
|The program ignores that possibility.
|
|No binary/text distinction in stdout:
|
|On success, it prints a success message, which is fine, but
|not necessarily desired when being used as part of a script
|(extra output pollutes workflow).
|
|Lack of large file handling considerations:
|
|fread/fwrite with size_t is fine, but extremely large files
|(over 2GB/4GB) might be problematic on systems with 32-bit
|size_t.

  . So now, from this list, one can choose what one wants to
  address further or ask the chatbot again if it finds even
  more potiential issues . . .

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  Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-30 09:37 +0200
    Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2025-09-30 14:25 +0000
      Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2025-09-30 14:32 +0000
        Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-30 19:21 +0200
        Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-30 19:35 +0100
          Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-09-30 22:45 +0000
      Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-09-30 22:41 +0000
      Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-09-30 22:44 +0000
        Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2025-09-30 23:05 +0000
          Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-09-30 23:46 +0000
            Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2025-10-01 00:10 +0000
              Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2025-10-01 00:56 +0000
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-01 01:06 +0000
              Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-01 01:05 +0000
              Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-10-01 03:53 +0000
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-01 04:57 +0000
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-01 21:41 -0400
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-01 21:40 -0400
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-10-10 18:00 +0000
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-11 02:41 -0400
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-11 11:00 +0100
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-11 19:39 +0000
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-11 22:31 -0400
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-12 12:09 +0100
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-11 19:03 +0000
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-11 22:28 -0400
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-12 12:04 +0100
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-12 19:40 +0000
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-13 03:24 -0400
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-13 10:19 +0100
          Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-01 18:11 +0100
            Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2025-10-01 17:21 +0000
              Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-01 21:06 +0000
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2025-10-01 21:28 +0000
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-03 08:54 +0100
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-03 10:02 +0100
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-03 20:41 +0000
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-03 23:24 -0400
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-03 23:21 -0400
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-03 23:20 -0400
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-10-04 17:04 +0000
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2025-10-01 22:33 +0000
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-01 23:45 +0100
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-01 22:19 -0400
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-02 11:15 +0100
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-01 21:59 -0400
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> - 2025-10-02 06:20 +0000
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-02 03:05 -0400
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> - 2025-10-02 18:41 +0000
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-02 07:26 +0000
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> - 2025-10-02 18:37 +0000
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-03 00:29 -0400
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-03 05:06 +0000
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-03 01:24 -0400
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over Bob Vloon <usenet@bananacorp.nl.invalid> - 2025-10-03 11:33 +0000
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-03 20:46 +0000
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-03 00:25 -0400
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-03 04:44 +0000
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-03 01:18 -0400
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2025-10-03 11:38 +0000
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-03 20:42 +0000
                Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2025-10-03 20:59 +0000
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