This is from Chromium's perspective, yes, but Chromium complies with the Google style guide. I disagree with your characterization that "a very restrictive sub

This is from Chromium's perspective, yes, but Chromium complies with the Google style guide. I disagree with your characterization that "a very restrictive subset of features" are allowed, though. What's banned is relatively limited, IMO: http://google.github.io/styleguide/cppguide.html http://google.github.io/styleguide/cppguide.html