- Clarify that sentence-like non-sentence comments are permitted.
- Note that older code with incorrect #include ordering should be fixed.
- Revamp the section on default function arguments.
- Avoid explicitly recommending Init() methods.
- C++11: permit "auto".
- C++11: permit ">>" in place of "> >".
- C++11: permit range-based "for".
- C++11: permit variadic macros (already permitted as a C++03 extension).
- C++11: permit "LL" and "ULL" literal suffixes (already permitted as a C++03
extension).
- Reflect the revised copyright and author line policy: copyright notices are
not required, but license boilerplate may still be used (and generally
contains a copyright notice). Author lines are not required.
- C++11: permit new features in <algorithm> and the portion of <numeric> that
does not require initializer lists.
- Revise rules on forward declarations: explicitly forbid forward-declared
functions, do not mandate forward declarations, discourage forward-declared
templates.
- Remove the rule requiring "const" qualifiers for member functions to be
on the same line as the closing parenthesis of the parameter list.
- Fix typo: "unnamed namespaces."
- C++11: permit local types as template parameters.
- Fix typo: "unfamiliar."
- Relax RTTI rules to permit its use, but warn about its abuse.
- C++11: permit nullptr and nullptr_t. Revise text referring to NULL to refer
more generically to null pointers.
- Remove the "don't go crazy with const" rule.
- Fix typo: "dir/foo2" should bee "dir2/foo2."
- Remove reference to a specific GCC version.
Update Objective-C style guide to 2.48:
- Revise method declaration and invocation formatting rules for long names.
- Reflect the revised copyright and author line policy: copyright notices are
not required, but license boilerplate may still be used (and generally
contains a copyright notice). Author lines are not required. Top-of-file
comments are not required.
- Fix dead link in the "nil Checks" section.
- Cover ARC.
- Specify that @private is only required for instance variables in header
files.
- Permit NSNumber literals.
- Change the naming convention for instance variables from trailing underscore
to leading underscore, allowing a wide exception for existing code and
projects.
- Fix description of BOOL with respect to its signedness.
Update Python style guide to 2.45:
- Recommend "pylint: disable" over "pylint: disable-msg."
- Fix case-sensitive anchor.
- Provide a better explanation of the problems with catch-all "except:."
- Permit "map" and "filter" in absence of inlined lambdas.
Update JavaScript style guide to 2.64:
- Clarify rules for requiring and providing inner dependencies on classes.
- Clarify semicolons for functions.
- Note proper namespace and filename casing.
- Fix typos: "@extends."
- Permit parentheses to be omitted on unions.
- Don't require method descriptions when obvious.
- "in" is a keyword, put it in <code>.
- New "Aliasing with goog.scope" section.
- Rewrite the "Constants" section.
- Remove the recommendation to use join() to build strings.
- Add the "@expose" annotation.
- Fix the "@suppress" example.
- Remove reference alternate cast syntax.
- Reflect the revised copyright and author line policy: copyright notices are
not required, but license boilerplate may still be used (and generally
contains a copyright notice). Author lines are not required.
- Say that "use strict" is not required.
- Fix links to "optional" section.
- Rewrite "JavaScript Types" section.
- Fix typos: "parameterizes," "converted."
- Prefer in-constructor field initialization.
- Add a section on "delete" and null-assignment.
- Add a note about optional JSDoc comments on enum values.
- State explicitly that dot operators belong at the ends of lines.
- Add "@dict" and "@struct" annotations.
- Add links to the JavaScript Types section.
- Require (rather than encourage) compiling.
Update HTML/CSS style guide to 2.19:
- Rephrased quotation guidelines.
- Updated W3C I18N article reference.
- Fixed revision number.
Update styleguide.xsl to 1.34:
- Fix error in RefreshVisibilityFromHashParam when a URL fragment points to a
named anchor within a section, as used by the JavaScript style guide.
- Update an example to omit the blank line between C and C++ #includes.
- Rewrite the paragraph about #include ordering.
- Clarify namespace closing comments.
- Discourage const references for input arguments which are aliased beyond
the scope of the function call.
- Replace all '&' with '&'.
- Clarify that interfaces must have virtual destructors.
- Add an explicit example for |else if|.
- C++11 updates.
Update Objective-C style guide to 2.36:
- Remove requirement to list @dynamic implementations.
- Remove requirement to never synthesize CFType properties, since they may
be retained on 10.6.
- Use __weak and __strong type declaration modifiers rather than comments.
- Make the copyright/license information consistent.
- An example initializer comment revealed too much about the implementation.
- Correct spelling mistakes.
- Fix names that didn't follow Cocoa conventions.
- Fix examples to conform to style.
- Add a section about no braces for empty interfaces.
- Add a section about automatically synthesized instance variables.
- Codify avoidance of accessors in -init and -dealloc methods.
- Changes for the 80-column rule.
- Weaken the language around object ownership type qualifiers.
- Document the rules for formatting blocks.
Update JavaScript style guide to 2.27:
- Introduce EcmaScript 5 Strict verbiage.
- Add a note about private constructors.
- Simplify explanations about JSDoc comments.
- Sort the JSDoc tags.
- Remove the sections about type-checking now that the JSDoc tags and JS
types are no longer one table.
- Convert <tt> to <code>, because the XSL processor eats <tt>.
- Add @suppress.
- Mark @inheritDoc deprecated in favor of @override.
- Add a section about inner classes and enums being defined in the same file
as the top-level class they are defined on.
Update Python style guide to 2.28:
- Change "Naming" summary to match body.
- Make the prohibition against backslash line continuation explicit.
- Update the TODO section to match the C++ style guide.
- Declare Python code without a shebang line to be stylish.
- Clarify rules on function docstrings.
- Fix spelling errors.
- Update with styleguide.xsl 1.33.
Update styleguide.xsl to 1.33:
- Clean up style guide JS.
- Links to anchor tags auto-expand.
- Remove comment about naming macros like enums.
- Move a bad code snippet from a CODE_SNIPPET to a BAD_CODE_SNIPPET element.
Update Python style guide to 2.18:
- Clarify the syntax for import statements.
Update styleguide.xsl to 1.31:
- Substitute underscore for apostrophe in anchor names.
- Add call_traits to the set of allowed boost libraries.
- Add an exception to the rule against default arguments to cover the useful
case of simulating variadic functions.
- Discourage the usage of ## in macros.
- Clarify example: it's acceptable to declare two parameters on one line even
if they don't all fit on that one line.
- Fix a typo ("make use symmetric spacing").
- Change bitwise AND to logical AND in a condition.
Update styleguide.xsl to 1.27:
- Change a bunch of SPANs into DIVs.
Update Python style guide to 2.15:
- Apply styleguide.xsl 1.27, changing a bunch of SPANs into DIVs.
- Clarify that a "very strong convention" is, in fact, only very strong
within Google code
- Update the style guide with an additional naming possibility for enums:
kEnumName
- Reword the summary for the section on header file dependencies
- Simplify wording regarding static variables
Update Objective-C style guide to 2.11:
- Provide guidance on when to use #import and #include
- Display revision in style guide
Update styleguide.xsl with a hint of things to come
Set svn:eol-style on xmlstyle.html
