Header documentation and pointer-as-output conventions are both typically available in the Google libraries I've used. I really don't understand what you are c

Header documentation and pointer-as-output conventions are both typically available in the Google libraries I've used. I really don't understand what you are complaining about. Earlier you said you didn't like references being modified by functions to which they are parameters. Now you are complaining about the use of pointers as parameters? In a language like C++, it's pretty difficult to do neither.