See:
https://arne-mertz.de/2024/03/core-guidelines-are-not-rules/

Indeed. Followup question:
Is the "Guidelines are not rules" a guideline or a rule? ...

"Guidelines are not rules" is also a guideline, because your company or team could choose to enforce the guidelines as rules even if they are just meant as guidelines.

“This rule is not a rule.”




^{_{“...unless it is a rule that it is.”}}

This is almost as nonsensical as the rant about the C++ stdlib is not the STL.

http://kera.name/articles/2010/08/it-is-not-called-the-stl-mmkay/

I'm all for being precise as possible, but precision can be taken to absurd levels that render a discussion a Religious War.

Meh, the STL isn’t the Standard Library. And that’s a 13-year old article.

But that is the nature of randos on the internet sharing knowledge.
Sometimes people are wrong.

And sometimes people are just plain annoying.
<sup>_{And that’s all I’ll say about that guy’s opinion piece...}



Good threads often start with some fun nonsense.</sup>

It's important to understand the reason for the guideline/rule. Sometimes the reason doesn't apply, so breaking the rule is perfectly okay.

.ʎɐʞo ʎʅʇɔǝⅎɹǝd sᴉ ǝʅnɹ ǝɥʇ ƃuᴉʞɐǝɹq os ʻʎʅddɐ ʇ╻usǝop uosɐǝɹ ǝɥʇ sǝɯᴉʇǝɯoS .ǝʅnɹ/ǝuᴉʅǝpᴉnƃ ǝɥʇ ɹoⅎ uosɐǝɹ ǝɥʇ puɐʇsɹǝpun oʇ ʇuɐʇɹodɯᴉ s╻ʇI

There were rules?

There were rules?

"There are rules, and then there are rules."