code police n.
[by analogy with George Orwell's `thought police'] A mythical
team of Gestapo-like storm troopers that might burst into one's
office and arrest one for violating programming style rules. May
be used either seriously, to underline a claim that a particular
style violation is dangerous, or ironically, to suggest that the
practice under discussion is condemned mainly by anal-retentive
weenies. "Dike out that goto or the
code police will get you!" The ironic usage is perhaps more
common.