class C {
private:
int member_; // here is the underscore I refer to.
}
This underscore is recommended by Google Style Guide and Geosoft\'s C++
This came up in discussion we had where I work but with Java programming. But I think this applies to C++ as well. My answer is that IDE's have a handy function of coloring class member variables. In Eclipse they turn blue. The underscore is superfluous. As another poster put it, "EW, hungarian warts!!". 1980 called and wants it's hungarian notation back.