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 - Function to Optimize - The target function that we want to optimize.
 - Optimization Candidate - generated code that we think might be an optimization of the code to optimize.
 - Helper function - This a function being called by, and is under the code path of the function to optimize.
+- Read-Write Context - The part of the code context provided to the LLM that it can modify. Aka - Code To Optimize
+- Read-Only Context - The part of the context that is only provided as info to the LLM. It is not expected to be modified.
 
 ### Test generation
 - Verification - System to verify if the optimization candidate has the same functional behavior as the function to optimize.