Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.etla.org!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3.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 0.089 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.82; '*S*': 0.00; 'collier': 0.09; 'recommends': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'limiting': 0.16; 'pep8': 0.16; 'readability': 0.16; 'url:pep-0008': 0.16; 'url:peps': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'url:dev': 0.24; 'mon,': 0.24; 'script': 0.25; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'character': 0.29; 'characters': 0.30; 'url:mailman': 0.30; 'lines': 0.31; 'received:10.0.0': 0.31; 'url:python': 0.33; 'johnson': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'programming,': 0.36; 'url:listinfo': 0.36; 'received:10.0': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'so,': 0.37; 'received:10': 0.37; 'performance': 0.37; 'handle': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'url:mail': 0.40; 'devices': 0.61; 'email addr:gmail.com': 0.63; 'maximum': 0.63; 'more': 0.64; 'cards': 0.65; 'influence': 0.74; 'jul': 0.74; 'joel': 0.91; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=iLe2F0m416/NyvRn3SZMHsKASyKccEGmVoHPMyjP3O0=; b=OoSrcBj4RmHhHEVraCUsiSYG/aXGaE/kPU3r6+wlRmsHZOdeI5Fsi02yqilkYztlQj zrTMtluyOG1YXDBS5aA7eKkbAa7sWQTbto02o6dhrLePULjUvKPe08lgnSaM8UAUOFBn w3DB2xJ1Y4q5TIXGSRKfYd4hMDL2zoThXackeaA7XzncYHX0h2CNC+041W/ZIdhbg+qi Eb6MNRJNBwxlu1a8bcI83ikoTRTunbqwW+LYKRZjj6ZVm0vyDLo6bfJo4QuE+DiddZ/J Pw9lu7Fdc/U/QlanMQh4a8sDg4iGnaSHFmfHKD0HDoniudlYWAjRPA7ArnDbVANbnDvk hLgw== X-Received: by 10.52.103.84 with SMTP id fu20mr17614673vdb.51.1375129494786; Mon, 29 Jul 2013 13:24:54 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 16:24:51 -0400 From: Devyn Collier Johnson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130623 Thunderbird/17.0.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Python Mailing List Subject: Re: PEP8 79 char max References: <51F6C5F5.5020201@Gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed 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: 24 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1375129503 news.xs4all.nl 15974 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:59700 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:51490 On 07/29/2013 04:08 PM, Joel Goldstick wrote: > On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Devyn Collier Johnson > wrote: >> In Python programming, the PEP8 recommends limiting lines to a maximum of 79 >> characters because "There are still many devices around that are limited to >> 80 character lines" (http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/#code-lay-out). >> What devices cannot handle 80 or more characters on a line? > well, punch cards ;) > Would following >> this recommendation improve script performance? > Not performance, but human readability >> Mahalo, >> >> Devyn Collier Johnson >> DevynCJohnson@Gmail.com >> -- >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > > So, I can have a script with large lines and not negatively influence performance on systems that do not use punch cards? DCJ