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From: Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: PEP8 79 char max
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 19:29:06 +0000 (UTC)
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On 2013-08-01, Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> wrote:
> On 31 July 2013 17:32, Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On 2013-07-31, Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> wrote:
>> > On 2013-07-31 07:16, Joshua Landau wrote:
>> >> On 30 July 2013 18:52, Grant Edwards wrote:
>> >>> I also find intializers for tables of data to be much more easily
>> >>> read and maintained if the columns can be aligned.
>> >>
>> >> Why do you have tables in your Python code?
>>
>> For example: if you're writing an assembler, you usually have a table
>> of mnemonics/opcodes/instruction-format/addressing-modes.
>
> Why are you writing an assembler?

I got tired of hand assembling (and disassembling) code for a custom
microprocessor, so I wrote an assembler and a disassembler.

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