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On 2 August 2013 22:34, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 10:15 PM,  <wxjmfauth@gmail.com> wrote:
>
 > Problem #3
> > cm or inch? The only serious unit is an SI unit.
> > (In scientific publications, only SI units are accepted)
>
> The cm is not a primary SI unit either.


But it is an SI unit.

(As a side note, humorously when watching University Challenge today one of
the semi-finalist teams were unable to convert degrees fahrenheit to
celsius. This just goes to show that non-SI units are e̶v̶i̶l̶ hard.)


> > Hint: Put you code in a pdf.
>
> Hint: Put your code in a bitmap for screens *and* a PDF for printing.
> That's the only way to guarantee that it'll work.
>
> Since this is not possible, there is one solution left: Do not view
> your code on screen, but only print it out. Then you can guarantee
> that your columns are as you expected. Python could be enhanced to
> take advantage of this; for instance, instead of requiring the hash
> character (which may be difficult to type on certain keyboards,
> including mobile phones), a letter C (U+0043) in column 1 can cause
> the line to be considered a Comment.
>

This is jmf. It'd have to be a Euro.

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PEP8 revised: max line lengths Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-08-01 15:52 -0400
  Re: PEP8 revised: max line lengths Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-08-01 20:51 -0400
    Re: PEP8 revised: max line lengths Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-08-02 04:28 +0000
    Re: PEP8 revised: max line lengths Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick <kwpolska@gmail.com> - 2013-08-02 13:07 +0200
      Re: PEP8 revised: max line lengths wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2013-08-02 08:08 -0700
        Re: PEP8 revised: max line lengths Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2013-08-02 10:19 -0500
          Re: PEP8 revised: max line lengths wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2013-08-02 14:15 -0700
            Re: PEP8 revised: max line lengths Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-02 22:34 +0100
            Re: PEP8 revised: max line lengths Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2013-08-03 03:21 +0100
            Re: PEP8 revised: max line lengths Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-03 07:43 +0100
              Re: PEP8 revised: max line lengths Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-08-03 11:00 -0400
                Re: PEP8 revised: max line lengths wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2013-08-03 10:21 -0700
    Re: PEP8 revised: max line lengths Nicholas Cole <nicholas.cole@gmail.com> - 2013-08-03 12:35 +0100
      Re: PEP8 revised: max line lengths wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2013-08-04 02:52 -0700
        Re: PEP8 revised: max line lengths Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-08-04 10:07 -0400
          Re: PEP8 revised: max line lengths Sergi Pasoev <s.pasoev@gmail.com> - 2013-08-04 18:20 +0400
          Re: PEP8 revised: max line lengths Sergi Pasoev <s.pasoev@gmail.com> - 2013-08-04 18:27 +0400
          Re: PEP8 revised: max line lengths Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-04 15:18 +0100
            Re: PEP8 revised: max line lengths Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-08-04 14:18 -0400
              Re: PEP8 revised: max line lengths Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-04 19:23 +0100

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