Concept
Explanatory Review
A code review practice for AI-generated code that requires submitters to specify in the pull request description the code's failure conditions, unstated assumptions, and rollback paths, thereby improving code comprehensibility and reducing later troubleshooting costs.
Timeline (last 90 days)
Oct 19
Some teams in the industry have tried replacing traditional walkthroughs with "explanatory review": requiring submitters to answer in the PR description under what inputs the code will fail, which implicitly declared assumptions it relies on, and what the rollback path is.
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