# kaal:claim:4734750-012

**Claim.** A code review should focus on the functionality of the code and on keeping mistaken, badly constructed, and dangerous code out, rather than on conforming code to a reviewer's stylistic logic.

**Type.** design  **Support.** asserted

**Source quote.**

> Instead, a code review should focus on the functionality of the code and on keeping mistaken, badly constructed, and dangerous code out.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Code Review DAO* (2024), Single Points of Failure, page 14

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Code Review DAO (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4734750

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `60eadf91c0913468505afc664c8d8d1e1673d6c5326d031ca7060addb8ab2eda` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Kaal%20-%202024%20-%20Code%20Review%20DAO.pdf

**Topics.** open-source-and-code

**Keywords.** review-scope, code-review, functionality, process-design

**Related claims.**

- restates: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3995709-017
- extended_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4755632-022

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