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| Subject | Re: PEP8 79 char max |
| References | <mailman.5257.1375127041.3114.python-list@python.org> <51f6d9f6$0$30000$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <op.w00ajsxia8ncjz@gnudebeest> <mailman.5295.1375143127.3114.python-list@python.org> |
| From | "Rhodri James" <rhodri@wildebst.demon.co.uk> |
| Organization | The Wildebestiary |
| Message-ID | <op.w00eu0e7a8ncjz@gnudebeest> (permalink) |
| Date | 2013-07-30 01:41 +0100 |
On Tue, 30 Jul 2013 01:11:18 +0100, Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> wrote: > On 30 July 2013 00:08, Rhodri James <rhodri@wildebst.demon.co.uk> wrote: >> I'm working on some shonky C code at the moment that inconsistent >> indentation and very long lines. It is extremely annoying not to be >> able to put the original code, my "translation" and sundry utilities >> all side-by-side on the same screen (and it's not a particularly >> small screen), and having to keep flipping between them slows me >> down dramatically. Long lines have no effect on the speed of the >> program, but they can have serious effects on the speed of the >> programmer. > > Then just wrap it. This is a very automatable thing for editors. There > might even be a clever hard-wrap somewhere. I just tried pyformat -- that > works wonders. I tried that at first, but it actually made matters worse. "Simple" word-wrapping just broke the structural cues from indentation (which I'd already had to instruct my editor to make at least somewhat consistent). I couldn't just take in the code layout at a glance, I had to work at it. -- Rhodri James *-* Wildebeest Herder to the Masses
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PEP8 79 char max Devyn Collier Johnson <devyncjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-07-29 15:43 -0400
Re: PEP8 79 char max John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2013-07-29 20:30 +0000
Re: PEP8 79 char max Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-07-29 21:09 +0000
Re: PEP8 79 char max "Rhodri James" <rhodri@wildebst.demon.co.uk> - 2013-07-30 00:08 +0100
Re: PEP8 79 char max Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2013-07-30 01:11 +0100
Re: PEP8 79 char max "Rhodri James" <rhodri@wildebst.demon.co.uk> - 2013-07-30 01:41 +0100
Re: PEP8 79 char max Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2013-07-30 03:12 +0100
Re: PEP8 79 char max Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2013-07-31 07:32 +1000
Re: PEP8 79 char max llanitedave <llanitedave@veawb.coop> - 2013-07-31 00:30 -0700
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