rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch · error · ParserError

no hypothesis block found

Error message

no hypothesis block found

What it means

Error "no hypothesis block found" thrown in rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch.

Source

Thrown at phases/19-capstone-projects/50-hypothesis-generator/code/main.py:89

        idx = int.from_bytes(h[:4], "big") % dim
        sign = 1.0 if (h[4] & 1) == 0 else -1.0
        vec[idx] += sign
    norm = math.sqrt(sum(v * v for v in vec))
    if norm == 0.0:
        return vec
    return [v / norm for v in vec]


def cosine_distance(a: list[float], b: list[float]) -> float:
    dot = sum(x * y for x, y in zip(a, b))
    dot = max(-1.0, min(1.0, dot))
    return 1.0 - dot


def parse_response(raw: str) -> dict:
    match = TAG_RE.search(raw)
    if match is None:
        raise ParserError("no hypothesis block found")
    text = match.group("text").strip()
    if not text:
        raise ParserError("empty text")
    metric = match.group("metric").strip()
    if not metric:
        raise ParserError("empty metric")
    raw_vars = match.group("variables").strip()
    variables = [v.strip() for v in raw_vars.split(",") if v.strip()]
    if not variables:
        raise ParserError("empty variables")
    baseline = match.group("baseline")
    baseline_ref = baseline.strip() if baseline and baseline.strip() else None
    return {
        "text": text,
        "variables": variables,
        "metric": metric,
        "baseline_ref": baseline_ref,
    }

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at phases/19-capstone-projects/50-hypothesis-generator/code/main.py:89 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch@39ea8a1c6d (2026-08-26). Data as JSON: /api/errors/c53dfa6e2577947e. Report an issue: GitHub.