Yes, of course. It should always be okay, to ask for context.
OTOH if someone reviews my piece of code and asks me for clarification or context, I take it as a sign to improve my code.
Usually I strive to make my code as understandable as possible - although there are times, when I have to redo passages. But I find it very important that my code is understandable relatively independend of skill level and context.
At times, I wrote code which I had reviewed immediately by newcomers on the team. And when they did not understand right away what was going on, I redid the passage until they understood. The downside: that takes time, which one -unfortunately - does not always have. But I wish I could do it more often.
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Yes, of course. It should always be okay, to ask for context.
OTOH if someone reviews my piece of code and asks me for clarification or context, I take it as a sign to improve my code.
Usually I strive to make my code as understandable as possible - although there are times, when I have to redo passages. But I find it very important that my code is understandable relatively independend of skill level and context.
At times, I wrote code which I had reviewed immediately by newcomers on the team. And when they did not understand right away what was going on, I redid the passage until they understood. The downside: that takes time, which one -unfortunately - does not always have. But I wish I could do it more often.