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Re: A desperate lunge for on-topic-ness

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On Thursday, October 18, 2012 12:06:43 AM UTC-6, Zero Piraeus wrote:
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> Okay, so, first thing vaguely Python-related that comes to mind [so
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> probably not even slightly original, but then that's not really the
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> point]:
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> What are people's preferred strategies for dealing with lines that go
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> over 79 characters? A few I can think of off the bat:
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> 1. Say "screw it" and go past 79, PEP8 be damned.
> 
Once you ":set cc=79", you never want to cross it.

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> 2. Say "screw it" and break the line using a backslash.
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> 3. Say "well, at least it's not a backslash" and break the line using
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> parentheses.
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> 
Some nice, IMHO, tips on the style can be found in:
http://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/pyguide.html#Line_length


Cheers!

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A desperate lunge for on-topic-ness Zero Piraeus <schesis@gmail.com> - 2012-10-18 02:06 -0400
  Re: A desperate lunge for on-topic-ness Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-10-18 06:31 +0000
    Re: A desperate lunge for on-topic-ness Hans Mulder <hansmu@xs4all.nl> - 2012-10-18 11:07 +0200
      Re: A desperate lunge for on-topic-ness wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2012-10-18 02:33 -0700
        Re: A desperate lunge for on-topic-ness Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2012-10-18 06:05 -0500
      Re: A desperate lunge for on-topic-ness Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-10-18 21:01 +1100
      RE: A desperate lunge for on-topic-ness "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmorgan.com> - 2012-10-18 18:42 +0000
      Re: A desperate lunge for on-topic-ness Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2012-10-19 11:33 +1100
        Re: A desperate lunge for on-topic-ness rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2012-10-18 20:35 -0700
          Re: A desperate lunge for on-topic-ness Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-10-19 04:08 +0000
    Re: A desperate lunge for on-topic-ness Zero Piraeus <schesis@gmail.com> - 2012-10-18 06:31 -0400
  Re: A desperate lunge for on-topic-ness rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2012-10-17 23:55 -0700
  Re: A desperate lunge for on-topic-ness Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-10-17 23:56 -0700
  Re: A desperate lunge for on-topic-ness Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2012-10-18 13:16 +0000
    Re: A desperate lunge for on-topic-ness Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2012-10-19 11:39 +1100
  Re: A desperate lunge for on-topic-ness Den <patentsvnc@gmail.com> - 2012-10-18 08:55 -0700
    Re: A desperate lunge for on-topic-ness Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2012-10-18 16:13 +0000
      Re: A desperate lunge for on-topic-ness Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-10-19 03:21 +1100
      RE: A desperate lunge for on-topic-ness "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmorgan.com> - 2012-10-18 18:51 +0000
    RE: A desperate lunge for on-topic-ness "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmorgan.com> - 2012-10-18 18:50 +0000
    Re: A desperate lunge for on-topic-ness Zero Piraeus <schesis@gmail.com> - 2012-10-18 17:36 -0400
      Re: A desperate lunge for on-topic-ness Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-10-19 01:50 +0000
  Re: A desperate lunge for on-topic-ness Den <patentsvnc@gmail.com> - 2012-10-18 08:55 -0700
    Re: A desperate lunge for on-topic-ness Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2012-10-18 17:44 +0000
      Re: A desperate lunge for on-topic-ness Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2012-10-18 18:53 -0400
  Re: A desperate lunge for on-topic-ness Krzysztof Voss <shobbo@gmail.com> - 2012-10-19 15:16 -0700
  Re: A desperate lunge for on-topic-ness Krzysztof Voss <shobbo@gmail.com> - 2012-10-19 15:16 -0700

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