Re: Fun python 3.2 one-liner

From	Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
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Subject	Re: Fun python 3.2 one-liner
Date	2011-04-05 17:10 -0700
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On Apr 5, 6:38 am, Daniel Fetchinson <fetchin...@googlemail.com>
wrote:
> >> what is the character limit on a one liner :P.
>
> > For PEP 8 compliance, 80 characters. :-)
>
> Yeah, but we don't live in the 80's or 90's anymore and our screens
> can support xterms (or let alone IDE widows) much wider than 80
> characters. I'm using 140 for python these days. Seriously, who would
> want to limit him/herself to 80 characters in 2011?

I wonder how many people will shorten otherwise clear
variable names just to get their lines to fit in 80 characters?


Raymond

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    Re: Fun python 3.2 one-liner Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-03-30 20:31 +1100
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        Re: Fun python 3.2 one-liner Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-04-05 15:07 +0000
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            Re: Fun python 3.2 one-liner Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-04-05 17:48 +0000
          Re: Fun python 3.2 one-liner Daniel Fetchinson <fetchinson@googlemail.com> - 2011-04-05 19:54 +0200
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