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Re: PEP8 79 char max

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In <mailman.5257.1375127041.3114.python-list@python.org> Devyn Collier Johnson <devyncjohnson@gmail.com> writes:

> (http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/#code-lay-out). What devices 
> cannot handle 80 or more characters on a line?

For a start, older fixed-width dumb terminals and printers.  And even some
very new devices (tablet, smartphone) might have limited screen sizes.

And even if you're on a device that can display more than 80 characters, it
can be convenient to have several windows display side-to-side.

> Would following this recommendation improve script performance?

No, but it improves human readability.

-- 
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PEP8 79 char max Devyn Collier Johnson <devyncjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-07-29 15:43 -0400
  Re: PEP8 79 char max John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2013-07-29 20:30 +0000
  Re: PEP8 79 char max Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-07-29 21:09 +0000
    Re: PEP8 79 char max "Rhodri James" <rhodri@wildebst.demon.co.uk> - 2013-07-30 00:08 +0100
      Re: PEP8 79 char max Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2013-07-30 01:11 +0100
        Re: PEP8 79 char max "Rhodri James" <rhodri@wildebst.demon.co.uk> - 2013-07-30 01:41 +0100
          Re: PEP8 79 char max Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2013-07-30 03:12 +0100
          Re: PEP8 79 char max Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2013-07-31 07:32 +1000
  Re: PEP8 79 char max llanitedave <llanitedave@veawb.coop> - 2013-07-31 00:30 -0700

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