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| From | Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: In defence of 80-char lines |
| Date | 2013-04-04 18:22 -0400 |
| Organization | > Bestiaria Support Staff < |
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On Wed, 3 Apr 2013 21:32:33 -0700 (PDT), llanitedave
<llanitedave@veawb.coop> declaimed the following in
gmane.comp.python.general:
> I also tend to prefer a maximum between 110 and 120 characters. I find continuation lines confusing, and when you use some third-party tools, such as wxPython, for example, the boilerplate code leads to some long lines.
>
> I would hate to have to break up this line, for instance:
>
> self.mainLabel.SetFont(wx.Font(12, wx.DEFAULT, wx.NORMAL, wx.BOLD, faceName = "FreeSans"))
>
Whereas I would consider breaking at the commas somewhat natural
self.mainLabel.SetFont(wx.Font(12,
wx.DEFAULT,
wx.NORMAL,
wx.BOLD,
faceName="FreeSans") )
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Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN
wlfraed@ix.netcom.com HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/
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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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