Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Gregory Ewing Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: PEP 8 : Maximum line Length : Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 12:24:55 +1200 Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: <5372223c$0$29980$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net ORnp13a75mj9IirzTphx+A/vHxUCQQIdd+aHlB8H7Y+ttKHDC2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:9BPjzxFwpSQWQ6RjhFnmo6AXefM= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.5 (Macintosh/20050711) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:71521 Ben Finney wrote: > The 80 character line limit is *not* driven by a limitation of computer > technology; it is driven by a limitation of human cognition. For that > reason, it remains relevant until human cognition in the general reading > population improves. Another thing: Just because I may have 2048 pixes of horizontal space available on my monitor, that doesn't mean I want to devote all of them to displaying a single source file. I like to be able to put 2 or 3 source windows side by side, or have a web browser showing documentation alongside while I work, etc. While the limit doesn't have to be exactly 80 chars, something not too much bigger is a good idea for a variety of reasons. -- Greg