Explanation

In the context of static analysis and code review, an explanation is a natural-language description of why a piece of code is flagged, what rule it violates, and how to fix it.

Good explanations bridge the gap between a raw finding, with context data such as file, line, severity,… and actionable understanding. They include: the name and rationale of the rule, a concrete example of the problematic pattern, the recommended alternative, and links to documentation or further reading.

In a broader software context, explanation also refers to the practice of making code behavior transparent and understandable: through comments, documentation, naming conventions, and readable structure. Self-explanatory code minimizes the need for inline comments by making intent visible in the code itself.

AI-assisted code explanation is an emerging use case where a language model summarises what a function or class does, identifies its contract, and describes its edge cases.

Related : Comments, Docblock, Documentation, Best Practices, Clean Code