Add "Don't add any code comments anywhere" to your system prompt.
If the model doesn't follow this, you want to start using a better model ASAP, because SOTA models for the last year or so, been able to following this without an issue.
If the model doesn't follow this, you want to start using a better model ASAP, because SOTA models for the last year or so, been able to following this without an issue.
which claims "do" rules persist much better then "don't" rules.
I agree with the general guidance, but it's a general one and not applicable for everything. Some things cannot be expressed in a "do" way rather than "don't".
I suspect rules with negations are not the same as don't rules, but unknown if really true, if so:
"when writing code do not add comments, code should not need it" may work
I use things like "Your code should be self-documenting, so as to require as few comments as possible. Add comments to explain "why" or give important context not apparent from the code itself, but keep them to necessary comments only"
But that's a much laxer rule. I don't think you can truly express "no comments, ever" without a "don't" rule.
Some of these constraints we want simply aren't possible without adding "do not" somewhere in the line, even if you prefix/suffix it with other stuff, as you noticed yourself :)