[jcelerier]

> because its explicitly written down it can make code more readable.

more text to read does not means "more readable", it means more effort to do

[walljm]

unless that text validates hidden assumptions, or conveys important information to the user.

not always the case, but you can't argue that "less text is more readable" any more than you can argue "more text is more readable". what you want is, "just the right amount of text" which will depend on your tastes.