Is there a name for the type of comments agents add where they leak the prompt?
This is a stupid example to illustrate what I mean. Say you have this code:
def create_background(width: int, height: int) -> Image:
...
You tell the agent to use default values for create_background, the same as in create_screen. It changes the code to: # Now create_background params have default values, the same as create_screen in screen.py
def create_background(width: int = DEFAULT_WIDTH, height: int = DEFAULT_HEIGHT) -> Image:
...
The unnecessary comment is a staple of vibed code, but the tone also annoys me because it leaves behind the prompt. It words comments based on what it was asked to do, not in a timeless manner.I keep telling people in code reviews to remove unnecessary comments, and I feel I lack the vocabulary to express why this is bad.
king_zee41 minutes ago
I'm not sure if you're worried that the comment leaks what you prompted, or that the comment is redundant and evident, and makes it obvious that it wasn't written by a human, and for both these issues the solution is just to proof-read your damn code