Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!feeder.erje.net!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 0.190 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.62; '*S*': 0.00; 'finished.': 0.07; 'width': 0.07; 'throw': 0.09; 'dec': 0.15; 'soap,': 0.16; 'station.': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'fix': 0.17; 'typing': 0.17; 'preferred': 0.20; 'suggested': 0.20; 'hourly': 0.22; 'os,': 0.22; 'wednesday,': 0.22; 'cheers,': 0.23; 'statement': 0.23; 'somewhere': 0.24; 'least': 0.25; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'wrote': 0.26; 'ago': 0.27; 'ibm': 0.27; 'lines': 0.28; 'run': 0.28; 'bad.': 0.29; 'now?': 0.29; "people's": 0.29; 'character': 0.29; "i'm": 0.29; 'related': 0.30; 'that.': 0.30; 'url:non-standard http port': 0.30; 'distribute': 0.30; 'expect': 0.31; 'you?': 0.32; 'running': 0.32; 'goes': 0.33; 'defense': 0.33; 'explains': 0.33; 'up!': 0.33; 'zero': 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; '(with': 0.33; 'that,': 0.34; 'program,': 0.34; 'really': 0.36; 'but': 0.36; 'wanted': 0.36; 'characters': 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'october': 0.37; 'two': 0.37; 'why': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'things': 0.38; 'delete': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'subject:-': 0.40; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'think': 0.40; 'charset:windows-1256': 0.61; 'personally': 0.61; 'back': 0.62; 'header:Message-Id:1': 0.62; 'maximum': 0.63; 'more': 0.63; 'our': 0.65; 'thursday': 0.65; 'color': 0.69; 'gratis': 0.71; 'received:204': 0.72; 'money': 0.74; 'strategies': 0.76; 'brand': 0.78; 'ate': 0.84; 'cards,': 0.84; 'cbs': 0.84; 'horse': 0.84; 'received:66.118': 0.84; 'stations,': 0.84; 'tooth': 0.84; 'edwards': 0.91; 'roads': 0.91; 'affiliate': 0.95 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 X-Spam-Level: From: Gene Heskett To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: A desperate lunge for on-topic-ness Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:53:47 -0400 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="windows-1256" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 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: 43 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1350601231 news.xs4all.nl 6896 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:35162 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:31693 On Thursday 18 October 2012 18:40:52 Grant Edwards did opine: > On 2012-10-18, Den wrote: > > On Wednesday, October 17, 2012 11:06:43 PM UTC-7, Zero Piraeus wrote: > >> What are people's preferred strategies for dealing with lines that go > > > >> over 79 characters? A few I can think of off the bat: > > I personally just keep typing until my statement is finished. This > > is my program, not PEP's. > > > > But I have to say I'm amused by the whole question, and others > > related to PEP8. A quick aside, the width of our roads all go back > > to the width of a two horse rig. The suggested maximum of 80 > > characters goes back to teletype machines, and IBM cards, and > > character based terminals > > > > Should that really be the basis for a suggested style now? > > You don't expect me to through my Heathkit H19 terminal in the trash, > do you? :) Or me to delete the vt-220 I wrote to run on a TRS-80 Color Computer running OS-9 for an OS, 20 years ago when the Dec made one ate its H.O.T. & Dec would not sell me a H.O.T. since it was over 5 years old and wanted $2995 for brand new vt-550 (with no guarantee it would be compatible)? That, and their field service engineers inability to fix a crashing hourly or more PDP-11/723a amply explains why DEC is no longer with us. That single obstinate computer made the CBS tv network design a new system and distribute it gratis to every network affiliate they had, somewhere around 125 stations, at a cost of at least 10G's a station. Screw that. I had better things to than throw more good money after bad. So did CBS at the time. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: is up! How sharper than a hound's tooth it is to have a thankless serpent.