C++ is a sprawling language that lends itself to many different coding styles. It's also a language with many pitfalls. The guide both encourages a common style

C++ is a sprawling language that lends itself to many different coding styles. It's also a language with many pitfalls. The guide both encourages a common style so that things look uniform and a style that tries to avoid pitfalls. That said, the C++ guide has a bunch of peculiar quirks.