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by munificent 356 days ago
Easy fix, just have the LLM generate:

    {
      "reasoning": "`cfg` can be nil on line 42; dereferenced without check on line 47",
      "finding": "Possible nil‑pointer dereference",
      "confidence": 0.81,
      "confidence_in_confidence_rating": 0.54,
      "confidence_in_confidence_rating_in_confidence_rating": 0.12,
      "confidence_in_confidence_rating_in_confidence_rating_in_confidence_rating": 0.98,
      // Etc...
    }
2 comments

Wasteful. `confidence`'s type should be Array<number>, wherein confidence[N] gives the Nth derivative confidence rating.
confidence all the way down
Confidence is all you need.
True in many situations in life.