If you are trying to maintain several MLoc of code then guidellines such as the Google guidelines can help with consistency in form as newer programmers come on to maintain the code or add new function. We're mainly bitching about stupid assertion like the Init() vs ctor or
Larry wrote: the noe xception rule which makes absolutely 0 sense in 2010.
As for the fixed length buffers they are diminishing but there are probably lots of them still out there that just haven't shown up as security issues. Still, a lot of issues still show up - not necessarily in OS code but code perhaps just as critical. FLB is the less annoying of their rules in fact. I don't think we bitch about that
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