> They're a good idea, but not a substitute for knowing the rules.

It's a good thing no one made that claim, then.

The whole point is that were seeing people in this thread making all sort of wild claims on how it's virtually impossible to catch these errors in C++ even though back in reality there are a myriad of static analysis and memory checker tools that do just that.

Your average developer also knows how to type in a space character but still it's a good idea to onboard linters and automatic code formatters.