room for improvement is still pointing out the failure to hit the mark. Much better to stay focused on positives in code, like you focus on the positives in a

room for improvement is still pointing out the failure to hit the mark. Much better to stay focused on positives in code, like you focus on the positives in a relationship. 'I wish you would...' is so much different from 'stop doing XYZ, it annoys me' I have only barely begun to understand let alone implement the relationship side, so I'm sorry I don't have more examples of how to handle this in code review.