How Automated Tools Can Communicate Effective Strategies for Fixing Bugs
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Claim: automated diagnostics should do more than flag errors and should identify root cause and suggest expert strategy for a particular instance. A prototype called matching ref analyzes code plus the exact error message, maps common student mistakes (float→int assignment) and real bugs (path traversal) to corrective strategies, and produces targeted repair steps instead of generic examples. Demonstration shows the idea working on examples but no large-scale evaluation or performance numbers are reported.
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