The second-most egregious pattern I see at work:<p><pre><code>  const char* kEmpty = &quot;&quot;;
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Makes me want to poke my eyes out with a stick everytime I see <i>kEmpty</i> used..<p>(The most egregious thing is spaces inside parens. But that&#x27;s just a personal preference. In general I tend to be quite <i>laissez-faire</i> about tolerating different styles, and consider style guides to be a pox because they tend to give the subliminal message that your code is done when it complies with the style guide.)