I agree with Todd. Let's set 5pm PST Friday as closing time of this vote.
On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 11:06 AM, Todd Lipcon <t...@cloudera.com> wrote: > +1 for 100 chars. I think unlimited gets messy. > > On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 9:50 AM, Dave Wang <d...@cloudera.com> wrote: > > +1 on Lars's comment. > > > > On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 9:00 AM, lars hofhansl <lhofha...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > >> Put me in the I-couldn't-care-less camp :) 80, 100, 120, or even no > limit > >> is fine with me. > >> Would personally prefer no limit. Instead leave it up to the good taste > of > >> the contributors and us committers to format the code in the most > readable > >> way. > >> > >> > >> -- Lars > >> > >> > >> ________________________________ > >> From: Laxman <lakshman...@huawei.com> > >> To: dev@hbase.apache.org > >> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 10:17 PM > >> Subject: HBASE Code format > >> > >> Hi Devs, > >> > >> How about raising the "max line width" from 80 (to 100 or 120)? > >> IMO, 80 characters length is too low & it makes the code bit ugly. > >> > >> Example: > >> long timstamp = conf.getLong(TIMESTAMP_CONF_KEY, > >> System.currentTimeMillis()); > >> > >> Above code snippet after formatting, it turned to > >> > >> long timstamp = conf > >> .getLong(TIMESTAMP_CONF_KEY, System.currentTimeMillis()); > >> > >> Please respond with your opinion considering the following points. > >> > >> - Sun Java coding standards drafted in 1999 > >> - Terminals(Monitors) we are using now are very wider and 80 characters > is > >> not a valid limit anymore. > >> - As per Ted, Google raised this limit > >> [https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-5564] > >> > >> Note: We don't need to reformat entire codebase. My proposal is to apply > >> these standards to new code getting commited. > >> > >> -- > >> Regards, > >> Laxman > >> > > > > -- > Todd Lipcon > Software Engineer, Cloudera >