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Qwen 3.8 praised for code quality but criticized for style

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A user on Reddit's r/LocalLLaMA subreddit expressed frustration with Qwen 3.8's coding style, finding it overly verbose and stubborn about its own parameters and return types. While acknowledging that Qwen 3.8 produces high-quality code, the user prefers Qwen 3.6 for its ability to make small, style-consistent changes to existing scripts. The user finds Qwen 3.8's modifications to be excessive for simple tasks, leading to cluttered code that deviates from their preferred structure. AI

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Qwen 3.8 praised for code quality but criticized for style

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  1. r/LocalLLaMA TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/Chuyito ·

    Everyone is t/s maxing.. 3.8.. but after a week of using it for work I'm tempted to switch back to 3.6

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>&gt; &quot;Qwen 3.8 is a damn good coder, but a terrible collaborator&quot;</p> <p>It modifies SO many things in my scripts for what should be a 2 line PR, I get a 100 line linter style mess that looks like a high school freshmen got his hands on…

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