Facebook has a tool that learns to fix bugs automatically? (opens in new tab)

(changelog.com)

9 pointsadamstac7y ago4 comments

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If you have alot of copy pasted code this might work great if you fixed a bug in one place but not the 219 other ones.

rvnx7y ago

TL;DR, this is a tool that automatically adds "if (xx == null) return false" before code potentially throwing NullPointerExceptions.

Who fixes Getafix then?

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If you have alot of copy pasted code this might work great if you fixed a bug in one place but not the 219 other ones.

rvnx7y ago

TL;DR, this is a tool that automatically adds "if (xx == null) return false" before code potentially throwing NullPointerExceptions.

Who fixes Getafix then?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse