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| From | Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: PEP 8 : Maximum line Length : |
| Date | 2014-05-15 18:21 -0400 |
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On 5/15/2014 9:58 AM, Rustom Mody wrote: > As far as I can see the votaries of the mystical 79 have yet to explain > how/where it appeared from As has been explained before, and is implied in the PEP, 79 = 80 - 1. 80 chars - 1 character width cursor leaves 79 non-cursor characters. When <enter> is hit, the cursor replaced with \n. So you can think of 79 as 79 visible + \n = 80. PEP 8 says "The limits are chosen to avoid wrapping in editors with the window width set to 80," and goes on about dynamic wrapping or not. To put is another way, all 80 char terminals work with 79 visible chars. Some but not all work with 80 visible, and some work with 80 on all lines except the last. I admit that this would have been clearer when most everyone reading it would have had some experience with 80 char sceens (including DOS). Still, did you really not notice that 79 = 80 - 1? -- Terry Jan Reedy
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PEP 8 : Maximum line Length : Ganesh Pal <ganesh1pal@gmail.com> - 2014-05-13 12:37 +0530
Re: PEP 8 : Maximum line Length : Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-05-13 04:52 -0700
Re: PEP 8 : Maximum line Length : Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-05-13 13:46 +0000
Re: PEP 8 : Maximum line Length : Ben Finney <ben@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-05-14 08:55 +1000
Re: PEP 8 : Maximum line Length : Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2014-05-14 12:24 +1200
Re: PEP 8 : Maximum line Length : Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-05-14 17:09 -0400
Re: PEP 8 : Maximum line Length : albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-05-14 22:53 +0000
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Re: PEP 8 : Maximum line Length : Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-05-15 08:16 -0400
Re: PEP 8 : Maximum line Length : Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-05-14 19:36 -0700
Re: PEP 8 : Maximum line Length : Ben Finney <ben@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-05-15 12:43 +1000
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Re: PEP 8 : Maximum line Length : Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-05-15 16:07 +0300
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Re: PEP 8 : Maximum line Length : Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-05-16 12:18 +0300
Re: PEP 8 : Maximum line Length : Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-05-16 19:40 +1000
Re: PEP 8 : Maximum line Length : Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-05-16 13:48 +0300
Re: PEP 8 : Maximum line Length : Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-05-16 17:36 +1000
Re: PEP 8 : Maximum line Length : Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-05-16 00:21 +0000
Re: PEP 8 : Maximum line Length : Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-05-15 23:27 +1000
Re: PEP 8 : Maximum line Length : Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-05-15 06:58 -0700
Re: PEP 8 : Maximum line Length : Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-05-15 18:21 -0400
Re: PEP 8 : Maximum line Length : Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-05-15 17:06 -0700
Re: PEP 8 : Maximum line Length : Ben Finney <ben@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-05-16 10:21 +1000
Re: PEP 8 : Maximum line Length : Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-05-15 20:03 -0700
Re: PEP 8 : Maximum line Length : Ben Finney <ben@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-05-16 16:12 +1000
Re: PEP 8 : Maximum line Length : Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-05-16 07:05 +0000
Re: PEP 8 : Maximum line Length : Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-05-16 02:25 +0000
Re: PEP 8 : Maximum line Length : Ben Finney <ben@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-05-16 09:32 +1000
Re: PEP 8 : Maximum line Length : Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-05-15 03:28 +0000
Re: PEP 8 : Maximum line Length : Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-05-15 20:18 -0400
Re: PEP 8 : Maximum line Length : Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-05-15 04:44 +0100
Re: PEP 8 : Maximum line Length : Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-05-13 08:09 -0400
Re: PEP 8 : Maximum line Length : Ben Finney <ben@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-05-13 22:26 +1000
Re: PEP 8 : Maximum line Length : Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-05-13 20:51 -0400
Re: PEP 8 : Maximum line Length : Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2014-05-13 07:52 -0500
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