Empirical Study on Merits and Demerits of Comments Toward Software Quality

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25330083
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Software
• Research Institution: Ehime University
• Principal Investigator: Aman Hirohisa 愛媛大学, 総合情報メディアセンター, 准教授 (50333513)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): AMASAKI Sousuke 岡山県立大学, 情報工学部, 助教 (00434978) ; HIRATA Kouji 関西大学, 工学部, 准教授 (10510472)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: コメント文 / ソフトウェア品質 / リファクタリング

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study performed data collections and analyses focusing on the comments written in source files. Comments usually help in comprehending the programs. However, comments can also be added to mask poor readabilities of complicated programs.
The results of this study quantitatively showed that comments written inside method (function) bodies are likely to be related to the fault-proneness in those methods (functions). This finding would be useful in enhancing the code reviewing by narrowing suspicious parts to be checked.

Free Research Field

ソフトウェア工学