Re: PEP8 79 char max

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Date	2013-07-30 09:06 -0500
Subject	Re: PEP8 79 char max
From	Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
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> In that gauge I would exclude indentation (you don't count the
> number of characters the margin takes) ....

I don't think anyone reads the margins. :-)

That said, I agree that code and prose are fundamentally different
beasts.  Still, when reading either and you get to the end of the
line, you need to shift your gaze down a line and back to the left
margin (or the left margin plus any indentation).  That task becomes
more difficult as line length increases.

As programmers/software engineers, we need to read and write both code
and text. I think 80 columns is still a decent compromise.

Skip

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Re: PEP8 79 char max Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2013-07-30 09:06 -0500
  Re: PEP8 79 char max Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-07-30 14:49 +0000
    Re: PEP8 79 char max Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2013-07-30 10:44 -0500
    Re: PEP8 79 char max Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2013-07-30 17:41 +0100

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