Definitely wouldn't have written the code that way, but yes, if (and this is a massive "if") the agent has an accurate and meaningful way to determine which way to set the success boolean. The obvious caveat would be if n needed to be large enough to set the costs higher than I am willing to pay for the additional performance or it makes it take longer than I'm willing to wait.
Think of the agent like an employee. If he delivers the code within the expected time and to the expected quality standards, his process of getting there means almost nothing. Do I care if he tried 4 different approaches along the way and threw out the first 3? Not a bit.
Think of the agent like an employee. If he delivers the code within the expected time and to the expected quality standards, his process of getting there means almost nothing. Do I care if he tried 4 different approaches along the way and threw out the first 3? Not a bit.