I assume (perhaps naively) that Google must have a non trivial amount of CL development if they have a style guide for the language... anyone know what they use CL for?
> Indentation is two spaces. Whatever you do, don’t use tabs.
The recent obsession with 2 space indents is boggling to me. I find it much more difficult to read (especially in long blocks of code with lots of indentation switches) and I'm not even visually impaired.
They also apparently really don't like tabs, which I find interesting. Personally, I was converted to the tabs camp after learning how much better tabs are for accessibility. I'm surprised that Google of all places doesn't take that more seriously.
A lot of these rules exist for the purpose of having a consistent rule. With modern tooling, there is virtually no difference between tabs and spaces. What is important is to have some rule to avoid the constant bikeshedding that would occur if there wasn't one.