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Code reviewMediumcr-p012
Subject Ai generated codeLevel Mid–Senior~18 minCommon in Code quality & review interviewsIndustries Software development

Question

An AI assistant produced this 'merge two sorted lists' function. It passed a couple of examples. Review it.

What a strong answer looks like

Separate real bugs from style. Rank issues by severity, point at the root cause rather than the symptom, and suggest a concrete fix — specific and kind.

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Code to reviewpython
def merge(a, b):    result = []    i = j = 0    while i < len(a) and j < len(b):        if a[i] < b[j]:            result.append(a[i]); i += 1        else:            result.append(b[j]); j += 1    return result
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