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| Date | 2013-04-03 20:59 -0500 |
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| From | Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: In defence of 80-char lines |
| References | <515cd919$0$29966$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.83.1365040763.3114.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
While I agree that not having a line take up hundreds of characters is a good thing, 80 is really arbitrary in 2013 and having any self-imposed hard limit is silly. When you put a single 4- or 5-character word on a new line because you don't want to go over 80 (or 120 or whatever), the code is /less/ readable. A better guideline is to make new lines as necessary to make things more readable rather than blindly stick to some hard limit and say it's more readable just because. Also, IMO, 80 is far too limiting and I find 120-130 much better. Then again, I like small font sizes and avoid lower resolution screens like the plague. -- CPython 3.3.0 | Windows NT 6.2.9200 / FreeBSD 9.1
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In defence of 80-char lines Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-04-04 01:36 +0000
Re: In defence of 80-char lines Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com> - 2013-04-03 20:59 -0500
Re: In defence of 80-char lines Mitya Sirenef <msirenef@lightbird.net> - 2013-04-03 22:40 -0400
Re: In defence of 80-char lines llanitedave <llanitedave@veawb.coop> - 2013-04-03 21:32 -0700
Re: In defence of 80-char lines Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-04-04 06:33 +0000
Re: In defence of 80-char lines gregor <gregor@ediwo.com> - 2013-04-04 08:40 +0200
Re: In defence of 80-char lines Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2013-04-04 08:43 +0200
Re: In defence of 80-char lines Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-04-04 06:09 -0500
Re: In defence of 80-char lines Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-04-04 07:52 -0400
Re: In defence of 80-char lines llanitedave <llanitedave@veawb.coop> - 2013-04-04 08:28 -0700
Re: In defence of 80-char lines Jason Swails <jason.swails@gmail.com> - 2013-04-04 08:18 -0400
Re: In defence of 80-char lines Joshua Landau <joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com> - 2013-04-04 18:18 +0100
Re: In defence of 80-char lines Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-04-04 18:22 -0400
Re: In defence of 80-char lines rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-04-03 21:56 -0700
Re: In defence of 80-char lines Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2013-04-04 08:15 +0100
Re: In defence of 80-char lines Jason Swails <jason.swails@gmail.com> - 2013-04-04 08:13 -0400
Re: In defence of 80-char lines Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-04-04 08:39 -0400
Re: In defence of 80-char lines Jason Swails <jason.swails@gmail.com> - 2013-04-04 09:23 -0400
Re: In defence of 80-char lines Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-04-04 15:56 +0000
Re: In defence of 80-char lines Kushal Kumaran <kushal.kumaran+python@gmail.com> - 2013-04-04 23:04 +0530
Re: In defence of 80-char lines Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-04-04 19:55 -0400
Re: In defence of 80-char lines Mitya Sirenef <msirenef@lightbird.net> - 2013-04-04 12:12 -0400
Re: In defence of 80-char lines jmfauth <wxjmfauth@gmail.com> - 2013-04-04 13:28 -0700
Re: In defence of 80-char lines Jason Swails <jason.swails@gmail.com> - 2013-04-04 17:00 -0400
Re: In defence of 80-char lines Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-04-05 00:14 +0000
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