AI article
Does AI-generated code silently swallow errors? 120 measured generations: every flagged case was a false positive or a documented fallback
Community description: A Semgrep detector plus hand adjudication over 120 locally generated Python/TypeScript functions: syntax can surface 'silent failure' candidates, but the verdict lives outside the code.
Dev.to | Sep 15, 2026 | Sumitsuke
Automated excerpt
Default return — on failure, return None / 0 / [] / "" instead of raising. Legitimate fallback — a default return that is the function's contract ("returns None if unparseable"), ideally documented. Python, 2 hits (py_parse_int) = documented, legitimate fallbacks.
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