| cpplint | |
| cpplint | |
| Developer: | |
| Programming Language: | Python |
| Genre: | Static program analysis tool |
| License: | 3-clause BSD license |
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.[1]
Cpplint is not perfect, as it can suffer from occasional false positives and negatives. Nevertheless, it is still a very useful tool for style enforcement.[2]
Moreover rules can be fine-grained selected using the options and .Line length rule can be configured with option and file extensions can be configured with (by default: 'h', 'cpp', 'cc', 'cu' and 'cuh').Some options can be stored in a configuration file .
cpplint is implemented as a Python script.[3] It is distributed under the 3 clause BSD license.