Re: [PEPr] Comment on RFC::Coding standard enhancements
| From: | David Sanders | Date: | Sun, 09 Mar 2008 03:02:08 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [PEPr] Comment on RFC::Coding standard enhancements | ||
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>> But my question here is why do we still need 85 characters as the limit?
>> Is it because code might get emailed? We're not living in the 1980's
>> anymore... so viewing and printing don't seem to be an issue.
>
> I constantly use "vim" with files side by side or "vimdiff" and when I
> edit files that have long lines the code becomes pretty unreadable.
> Having a limit is a very good thing, it keeps the code readable in most
> configurations.
>
Like I said, we need a limit, but I always seem to be hitting 85
characters. It'd be nice if it were longer.
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David Sanders
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