AI-generated code requires less maintenance than human-written code, mostly involving feature additions by humans rather than bug fixes.
How do agents refactor: An empirical study.CoRR, abs/2601.20160
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Empirical study finds coding agents produce fewer and less intense tangled refactorings than humans on Multi-SWE-bench; a refactoring-aware refinement improves compilability from 19.34% to 38.33% and resolves 2.79% more issues.
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To What Extent Does Agent-generated Code Require Maintenance? An Empirical Study
AI-generated code requires less maintenance than human-written code, mostly involving feature additions by humans rather than bug fixes.
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"Refactoring Runaway": Understanding and Mitigating Tangled Refactorings in Coding Agents for Issue Resolution
Empirical study finds coding agents produce fewer and less intense tangled refactorings than humans on Multi-SWE-bench; a refactoring-aware refinement improves compilability from 19.34% to 38.33% and resolves 2.79% more issues.