[ryandrake]

I’m not a huge fan of the GSG, at least the C++ one. It seems to be less about style and more about forbidding scary language features. A language feature only becomes a “foot gun” in the hands of a careless developer. Maybe it’s too idealistic but IMO it’s better to fix the “careless developer” problem at the interview stage, not in a style guideline.

Hire developers who voluntarily follow best practices and use good judgment...don’t try to mandate it with an arbitrary list of forbidden practices.