"Program comprehension"

Contextualizing Rename Decisions using Refactorings and Commit Messages
Identifier names are the atoms of comprehension; weak identifier names decrease productivity by increasing the chance that developers …
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Modeling the Relationship Between Identifier Name and Behavior
This paper presents the features of a model that relates the natural language found in identifiers with program semantics. The model …
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Towards a Model to Appraise and Suggest Identifier Names
Unknowingly, identifiers in the source code of a software system play a vital role in determining the quality of the system. Ambiguous …
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An Empirical Investigation of How and Why Developers Rename Identifiers
Renaming is vital to software maintenance and evolution. Developers rename entities when their original names no longer fit their …
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