Manually give several versions of the code

[thomashirtz]

Hello,
I have a question about initializing OpenEvolve with prior knowledge. Suppose I already have N different implementations that solve the same problem.
Would it be possible to provide these N implementations manually to OpenEvolve as a kind of warm start, so that the system can evolve from them and potentially produce better programs or reach convergence faster?
If so, what would be the recommended way to supply these initial solutions?
Best,

[codelion]

It is not implemented yet but one way could be to initialize each island with a different initial program and then run the evolution.