[philsnow]

“External internal style guide” vs “internal external style guide”, both could make sense in different contexts.

Like I said, I never wrote c++ there so I’m quite likely misremembering details, but IIRC the published style guide linked to upthread is more or less a snapshot of the previously-unpublished style guide used internally for internal code. It may have some omissions and it’s quite likely out of date.

I’m just amused that this discussion about semantics reminds me so much of the gif linked from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40882247

[fsckboy]

the point is not whether your suggestions also work, but whether "internal style guide" does as I showed in the context as I wrote it. You need to reply to arguments made, not change the subject.