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+This file contains some notes on coding style within the C++ portion of the
+DeepSpeech project. It is very much a work in progress and incomplete.
+
+General
+=======
+
+The code has been imported from various places. Please try and blend in your
+code with the surrounding code.
+
+If you are coding from scratch, please follow [Google coding guidelines for C++](https://google.github.io/styleguide/cppguide.html).
+
+Variable naming
+===============
+
+* class/struct member variables which are private should follow lowercase with
+  a final underscore, e.g. `unsigned int beam_width_;` in `modelstate.h`.
+
+
+Doubts
+======
+
+If in doubt, please ask on our IRC channel, `#machinelearning` on `irc.mozilla.org`.