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Re: In defence of 80-char lines

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On Thursday, April 4, 2013 4:52:38 AM UTC-7, Roy Smith wrote:
> In article <c338b844-e9ce-46a7-9daf-20374372390e@googlegroups.com>,
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>  llanitedave <llanitedave@veawb.coop> wrote:
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>  
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> > I would hate to have to break up this line, for instance:
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> > 
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> > self.mainLabel.SetFont(wx.Font(12, wx.DEFAULT, wx.NORMAL, wx.BOLD, faceName = 
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> > "FreeSans"))
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> 
> I would write that as some variation on
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> self.mainLabel.SetFont(wx.Font(12,
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>                                wx.DEFAULT,
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>                                wx.NORMAL,
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>                                wx.BOLD, 
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>                                faceName="FreeSans"))
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> This lets the reader see at a glance that all the arguments go with 
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> wx.Font(), not with SetFont(), without having to visually parse and 
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> match parenthesis levels.
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> Actually, I would probably break it up further as:
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> my_font = wx.Font(12,
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>                   wx.DEFAULT,
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>                   wx.NORMAL,
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>                   wx.BOLD,
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>                   faceName="FreeSans")
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> self.mainLabel.SetFont(my_font)
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> 
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> The last thing on my mind when deciding how to format this is whether I 
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> would be able to punch it onto a single card.

To each their own, definitely.  For myself, I don't see the utility in adding a bunch of what appears to be superfluous horizontal white space at the expense of extra lines to scroll down.  I like to limit my scrolling needs in *both* directions.
(Although I do tend to be fairly generous with blank lines to break up code "paragraphs")

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In defence of 80-char lines Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-04-04 01:36 +0000
  Re: In defence of 80-char lines Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com> - 2013-04-03 20:59 -0500
  Re: In defence of 80-char lines Mitya Sirenef <msirenef@lightbird.net> - 2013-04-03 22:40 -0400
  Re: In defence of 80-char lines llanitedave <llanitedave@veawb.coop> - 2013-04-03 21:32 -0700
    Re: In defence of 80-char lines Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-04-04 06:33 +0000
    Re: In defence of 80-char lines gregor <gregor@ediwo.com> - 2013-04-04 08:40 +0200
    Re: In defence of 80-char lines Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2013-04-04 08:43 +0200
    Re: In defence of 80-char lines Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-04-04 06:09 -0500
    Re: In defence of 80-char lines Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-04-04 07:52 -0400
      Re: In defence of 80-char lines llanitedave <llanitedave@veawb.coop> - 2013-04-04 08:28 -0700
    Re: In defence of 80-char lines Jason Swails <jason.swails@gmail.com> - 2013-04-04 08:18 -0400
    Re: In defence of 80-char lines Joshua Landau <joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com> - 2013-04-04 18:18 +0100
    Re: In defence of 80-char lines Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-04-04 18:22 -0400
  Re: In defence of 80-char lines rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-04-03 21:56 -0700
  Re: In defence of 80-char lines Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2013-04-04 08:15 +0100
  Re: In defence of 80-char lines Jason Swails <jason.swails@gmail.com> - 2013-04-04 08:13 -0400
    Re: In defence of 80-char lines Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-04-04 08:39 -0400
      Re: In defence of 80-char lines Jason Swails <jason.swails@gmail.com> - 2013-04-04 09:23 -0400
      Re: In defence of 80-char lines Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-04-04 15:56 +0000
      Re: In defence of 80-char lines Kushal Kumaran <kushal.kumaran+python@gmail.com> - 2013-04-04 23:04 +0530
        Re: In defence of 80-char lines Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-04-04 19:55 -0400
  Re: In defence of 80-char lines Mitya Sirenef <msirenef@lightbird.net> - 2013-04-04 12:12 -0400
  Re: In defence of 80-char lines jmfauth <wxjmfauth@gmail.com> - 2013-04-04 13:28 -0700
    Re: In defence of 80-char lines Jason Swails <jason.swails@gmail.com> - 2013-04-04 17:00 -0400
    Re: In defence of 80-char lines Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-04-05 00:14 +0000

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