Google C++ Style Guide, easy to adopt, courtesy of Google

An excellent style guide, if you are looking for one to adopt!

http://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/cppguide.xml

Google C++ Style Guide

Revision 3.199

Benjy Weinberger
Craig Silverstein
Gregory Eitzmann
Mark Mentovai
Tashana Landray

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TabTable of Contents

Header Files	The #define Guard Header File Dependencies Inline Functions The -inl.h Files Function Parameter OrderingNames and Order of Includes
Scoping	Namespaces Nested Classes Nonmember, Static Member, and Global Functions Local Variables Static and Global Variables
Classes	Doing Work in Constructors Default Constructors Explicit Constructors Copy Constructors Structs vs. Classes InheritanceMultiple Inheritance Interfaces Operator Overloading Access Control Declaration Order Write Short Functions
Google-Specific Magic	Smart Pointers cpplint
Other C++ Features	Reference Arguments Function Overloading Default Arguments Variable-Length Arrays and alloca() Friends ExceptionsRun-Time Type Information (RTTI) Casting Streams Preincrement and Predecrement Use of const Integer Types64-bit Portability Preprocessor Macros 0 and NULL sizeof Boost C++11
Naming	General Naming Rules File Names Type Names Variable Names Constant Names Function Names Namespace NamesEnumerator Names Macro Names Exceptions to Naming Rules
Comments	Comment Style File Comments Class Comments Function Comments Variable Comments Implementation CommentsPunctuation, Spelling and Grammar TODO Comments Deprecation Comments
Formatting	Line Length Non-ASCII Characters Spaces vs. Tabs Function Declarations and Definitions Function Calls ConditionalsLoops and Switch Statements Pointer and Reference Expressions Boolean Expressions Return ValuesVariable and Array Initialization Preprocessor Directives Class Format Constructor Initializer Lists Namespace FormattingHorizontal Whitespace Vertical Whitespace
Exceptions to the Rules	Existing Non-conformant Code Windows Code

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