diff --git a/gtsam/discrete/TableFactor.cpp b/gtsam/discrete/TableFactor.cpp
index a2d68853e..de1e1f867 100644
--- a/gtsam/discrete/TableFactor.cpp
+++ b/gtsam/discrete/TableFactor.cpp
@@ -62,40 +62,55 @@ TableFactor::TableFactor(const DiscreteKeys& dkeys,
     : TableFactor(dkeys, DecisionTreeFactor(dkeys, dtree)) {}
 
 /**
- * @brief Compute the correct ordering of the leaves in the decision tree.
+ * @brief Compute the indexing of the leaves in the decision tree based on the
+ * assignment and add the (index, leaf) pair to a SparseVector.
+ *
+ * We visit each leaf in the tree, and using the cardinalities of the keys,
+ * compute the correct index to add the leaf to a SparseVector which
+ *  is then used to create the TableFactor.
  *
  * @param dt The DecisionTree
  * @return Eigen::SparseVector<double>
  */
-static Eigen::SparseVector<double> ComputeLeafOrdering(
+static Eigen::SparseVector<double> ComputeSparseTable(
     const DiscreteKeys& dkeys, const DecisionTreeFactor& dt) {
   // SparseVector needs to know the maximum possible index,
   // so we compute the product of cardinalities.
-  size_t prod_cardinality = 1;
+  size_t cardinalityProduct = 1;
   for (auto&& [_, c] : dt.cardinalities()) {
-    prod_cardinality *= c;
+    cardinalityProduct *= c;
   }
-  Eigen::SparseVector<double> sparse_table(prod_cardinality);
+  Eigen::SparseVector<double> sparseTable(cardinalityProduct);
   size_t nrValues = 0;
   dt.visit([&nrValues](double x) {
     if (x > 0) nrValues += 1;
   });
-  sparse_table.reserve(nrValues);
+  sparseTable.reserve(nrValues);
 
   std::set<Key> allKeys(dt.keys().begin(), dt.keys().end());
 
+  /**
+   * @brief Functor which is called by the DecisionTree for each leaf.
+   * For each leaf value, we use the corresponding assignment to compute a
+   * corresponding index into a SparseVector. We then populate sparseTable with
+   * the value at the computed index.
+   *
+   * Takes advantage of the sparsity of the DecisionTree to be efficient. When
+   * merged branches are encountered, we enumerate over the missing keys.
+   *
+   */
   auto op = [&](const Assignment<Key>& assignment, double p) {
     if (p > 0) {
       // Get all the keys involved in this assignment
-      std::set<Key> assignment_keys;
+      std::set<Key> assignmentKeys;
       for (auto&& [k, _] : assignment) {
-        assignment_keys.insert(k);
+        assignmentKeys.insert(k);
       }
 
       // Find the keys missing in the assignment
       std::vector<Key> diff;
       std::set_difference(allKeys.begin(), allKeys.end(),
-                          assignment_keys.begin(), assignment_keys.end(),
+                          assignmentKeys.begin(), assignmentKeys.end(),
                           std::back_inserter(diff));
 
       // Generate all assignments using the missing keys
@@ -103,41 +118,43 @@ static Eigen::SparseVector<double> ComputeLeafOrdering(
       for (auto&& key : diff) {
         extras.push_back({key, dt.cardinality(key)});
       }
-      auto&& extra_assignments = DiscreteValues::CartesianProduct(extras);
+      auto&& extraAssignments = DiscreteValues::CartesianProduct(extras);
 
-      for (auto&& extra : extra_assignments) {
+      for (auto&& extra : extraAssignments) {
         // Create new assignment using the extra assignment
-        DiscreteValues updated_assignment(assignment);
-        updated_assignment.insert(extra);
+        DiscreteValues updatedAssignment(assignment);
+        updatedAssignment.insert(extra);
 
         // Generate index and add to the sparse vector.
         Eigen::Index idx = 0;
-        size_t prev_cardinality = 1;
+        size_t previousCardinality = 1;
         // We go in reverse since a DecisionTree has the highest label first
-        for (auto&& it = updated_assignment.rbegin();
-             it != updated_assignment.rend(); it++) {
-          idx += prev_cardinality * it->second;
-          prev_cardinality *= dt.cardinality(it->first);
+        for (auto&& it = updatedAssignment.rbegin();
+             it != updatedAssignment.rend(); it++) {
+          idx += previousCardinality * it->second;
+          previousCardinality *= dt.cardinality(it->first);
         }
-        sparse_table.coeffRef(idx) = p;
+        sparseTable.coeffRef(idx) = p;
       }
     }
   };
 
+  // Visit each leaf in `dt` to get the Assignment and leaf value
+  // to populate the sparseTable.
   dt.visitWith(op);
 
-  return sparse_table;
+  return sparseTable;
 }
 
 /* ************************************************************************ */
 TableFactor::TableFactor(const DiscreteKeys& dkeys,
                          const DecisionTreeFactor& dtf)
-    : TableFactor(dkeys, ComputeLeafOrdering(dkeys, dtf)) {}
+    : TableFactor(dkeys, ComputeSparseTable(dkeys, dtf)) {}
 
 /* ************************************************************************ */
 TableFactor::TableFactor(const DecisionTreeFactor& dtf)
     : TableFactor(dtf.discreteKeys(),
-                  ComputeLeafOrdering(dtf.discreteKeys(), dtf)) {}
+                  ComputeSparseTable(dtf.discreteKeys(), dtf)) {}
 
 /* ************************************************************************ */
 TableFactor::TableFactor(const DiscreteConditional& c)