diff --git a/source/Tutorials/Advanced/Ament-Lint-For-Clean-Code.rst b/source/Tutorials/Advanced/Ament-Lint-For-Clean-Code.rst index 93821a73ea..e2a6948117 100644 --- a/source/Tutorials/Advanced/Ament-Lint-For-Clean-Code.rst +++ b/source/Tutorials/Advanced/Ament-Lint-For-Clean-Code.rst @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ If you happen to find an issue with one of your files you can address it by call 2 ``ament_cppcheck`` ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -The ``ament_cppcheck`` command line tool can be used to quickly perform static analysis of C++ source code files. +The ``ament_cppcheck`` command line tool can be used to perform static analysis of C++ source code files. `Static analysis `_ is the process of automatically reviewing source code files for patterns that can often cause issues after compilation. Some versions of cpp_check, the underlying utility used by ``ament_cppcheck``, can be rather slow. For this reason ``ament_cppcheck`` may be disabled on some systems.