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Do Code LLMs Understand Design Patterns? (arxiv.org)
1 point by PaulHoule on Jan 17, 2025 | hide | past | pdf | discuss on HN

In plain words: Tested code-writing AI on whether it can spot, explain, and follow common design patterns, the shared rules projects use to structure code. The models often ignored those rules and wrote code that didn't fit, so people had to hand-fix it to match the project.

Abstract

Code Large Language Models (LLMs) demonstrate great versatility in adapting to various downstream tasks, including code generation and completion, as well as bug detection and fixing. However, Code LLMs often fail to capture existing coding standards, leading to the generation of code that conflicts with the required design patterns for a given project. As a result, developers must post-process to adapt the generated code to the project's design norms. In this work, we empirically investigate the biases of Code LLMs in software development. Through carefully designed experiments, we assess the models' understanding of design patterns across recognition, comprehension, and generation. Our findings reveal that biases in Code LLMs significantly affect the reliability of downstream tasks.

Zhenyu Pan, Xuefeng Song, Yunkun Wang, Rongyu Cao, Binhua Li, Yongbin Li, Han Liu
arXiv:2501.04835 · cs.SE, cs.AI · submitted Jan 8, 2025
abstract · pdf · html · accpeted by llm4code workshop in ICSE 2025

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