Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!feeder.news-service.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.038 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.92; '*S*': 0.00; 'width': 0.05; 'python': 0.08; 'desktops': 0.16; 'irrelevant,': 0.16; 'limit.': 0.16; 'argument': 0.16; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.16; 'mon,': 0.16; 'meant': 0.17; 'exists': 0.19; 'platforms,': 0.19; 'wrap': 0.19; 'received:74.125.82.174': 0.19; 'received:mail- wy0-f174.google.com': 0.19; 'cc:2**0': 0.21; 'column': 0.22; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.22; 'interpreted': 0.23; 'code': 0.24; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.28; 'skip:( 20': 0.30; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.30; 'andrew': 0.32; 'rather': 0.33; 'there': 0.34; 'someone': 0.34; '(not': 0.35; "isn't": 0.35; 'running': 0.35; 'idea': 0.36; 'convenient': 0.37; 'but': 0.37; 'received:google.com': 0.38; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'think': 0.38; 'run': 0.39; 'should': 0.39; 'received:74.125.82': 0.39; 'might': 0.39; 'received:74.125': 0.40; 'where': 0.40; 'possibility': 0.40; 'url:co': 0.63; 'devices': 0.63; 'limit': 0.66; 'favor': 0.69; 'subject:have': 0.74; 'dead': 0.80; 'machine,': 0.84; 'subject:should': 0.84 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=7cNjU74ecVep6vPCRaCF2IkS0+dhyxbBvd16T2q/kaU=; b=ltQ6T3QMiZxd/3bKinSDdAi2Oy+hxuScMe+8HNqN+vy8inD1Z+amclFXoQqjXb3e/E QFxFLgIfwvqsDPV04PooOSs8xVprk1dvLhKtcUlQTZwuZhqDZGdB6G6jyXaxq++qeRi7 6d/yEeiiIlKx06Lb/CtXds9cNO56PDNyCEbtQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4E23768F.3060707@gmail.com> References: <4e225255$0$29990$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <1536999d-976f-48c5-9d22-207974540d3a@c41g2000yqm.googlegroups.com> <4E23768F.3060707@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:51:48 +0300 Subject: Re: Tabs -vs- Spaces: Tabs should have won. From: Dotan Cohen To: Andrew Berg Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: "comp.lang.python" X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 23 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1311015110 news.xs4all.nl 23844 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:53342 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:9824 On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 02:55, Andrew Berg > I think the reason the idea isn't dead is because of the emergence of > new devices with small displays (tablets/smartphones/etc.) and their > increasing popularity. When writing code that is meant to be run on > desktops or servers, the 80-column limit is mostly irrelevant, but > Python running on these small devices, especially with Python code being > interpreted rather than compiled, it's convenient to edit code on those > platforms, where there is a significant column limit. > Let me see if I understand: because there exists a possibility that someone might want (not need) to edit code on a telephone to make a quick edit to code being interpreted on that machine, _all_ Python code should limit itself to a line width that may or may not wrap on a telephone screen? Is that the argument in favor of an 80-character line width? -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com