Considering how much of a pain journal editors are to deal with already in terms of text formatting, the absolute last thing needed is trying to turn them into

Considering how much of a pain journal editors are to deal with already in terms of text formatting, the absolute last thing needed is trying to turn them into code reviewers/meta reviewers. The pool of editors who are both competent in their scientific/technical field and competent software engineers is nonexistent - almost everyone with that combination of skills is working in the private sector and has no desire to wade into journal editing.