Cpplint (original) (raw)

cpplint or cpplint.py is an open source lint-like tool developed by Google,designed to ensure that C++ code conforms to Google's coding style guides. Therefore cpplint implements what Google considers best practices in C++ coding. The script cpplint.py reads source code files and flags deviations from the style guide. It also identifies syntax errors. It is rules based, and uses a number of heuristics to identify bad code. cpplint is implemented as a Python script.It is distributed under the 3 clause BSD license.