Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!feeder.news-service.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!194.109.133.85.MISMATCH!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!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 0.049 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.90; '*S*': 0.00; 'width': 0.05; 'space.': 0.07; 'header:In-reply-to:1': 0.09; 'wrote:': 0.15; 'abraham': 0.16; 'agree.': 0.16; 'bit.': 0.16; 'from:addr:kb1pkl': 0.16; 'from:name:corey richardson': 0.16; 'richardson': 0.16; 'subject:PEP': 0.16; 'width,': 0.16; 'result,': 0.16; 'pm,': 0.16; 'issue,': 0.19; 'to:name:python-list': 0.19; 'column': 0.22; 'assume': 0.23; 'fri': 0.23; 'horizontal': 0.23; 'code': 0.24; 'besides': 0.25; 'writes:': 0.25; 'fri,': 0.28; 'fixed': 0.29; '-0400': 0.30; '22,': 0.30; 'use?': 0.30; 'received:71': 0.31; 'lines': 0.31; 'chris': 0.32; 'change.': 0.32; 'it.': 0.33; "i've": 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.34; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.34; 'it?': 0.34; 'characters': 0.34; 'safely': 0.35; 'stuck': 0.35; 'limitation': 0.37; 'doing': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'everyone': 0.38; 'think': 0.38; 'else': 0.38; 'two': 0.38; 'common': 0.39; 'help': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'setup': 0.40; 'your': 0.60; 'received:205': 0.61; 'header:Message-Id:1': 0.61; 'received:205.188': 0.61; 'john': 0.62; 'increase': 0.64; 'received:172.29': 0.64; 'received:r1000.mx.aol.com': 0.64; 'limit': 0.66; 'from:addr:aim.com': 0.67; 'freedom': 0.68; '12:13': 0.84; '2011:': 0.84; 'reduced.': 0.84; 'valid,': 0.84; 'received:172.29.41': 0.91 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Subject: Re: PEP 8 and extraneous whitespace From: Corey Richardson To: python-list In-reply-to: References: <4E286704.5060201@gmail.com> <4E2870A2.1070600@jollybox.de> <4E287406.8080608@gmail.com> <98tahoFcblU1@mid.individual.net> <98u00kFnfiU1@mid.individual.net> Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:17:44 -0400 User-Agent: Sup/0.12.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit x-aol-global-disposition: G X-AOL-SCOLL-SCORE: 0:2:443213664:93952408 X-AOL-SCOLL-URL_COUNT: 0 x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d29054e29e9217a9e X-AOL-IP: 71.181.74.141 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: 26 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1311369519 news.xs4all.nl 23850 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:38535 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:10156 Excerpts from Chris Rebert's message of Fri Jul 22 16:56:15 -0400 2011: > On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 12:13 PM, John Gordon wrote: > > In <98u00kFnfiU1@mid.individual.net> Neil Cerutti writes: > > > >> You can fit much more code per unit of horizontal space with a > >> proportionally spaced font. As a result, that issue, while valid, > >> is significantly reduced. > > > > Is it? I assume one major reason for the 80-character limit is to help > > the poor sod who will eventually get stuck working with your code on an > > 80-column fixed width terminal window. > > What environments with that limitation are still in common use? > It's not the '70s anymore; I think we can safely increase the max > column width a bit. > I agree. I have my tiling WM setup with two columns, giving each terminal 110 characters of breathing space. I still limit my lines to 78 chars though, if not for any reason besides text is nice and easy to read at that width, and everyone else is doing it. I have no reason to change. I've never desired more characters than that. -- Corey Richardson "Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves" -- Abraham Lincoln