I think that 120 characters is fine for java but for xml I would preffer bigger limit - eg 160 characters.
+1 for 120 characters in Java Regards, Lukasz > On Thursday, November 10, 2011 3:46:17 AM Guillaume Nodet wrote: >> I do agree, but 120 sounds more reasonable to me. > > I agree that 120 seems reasonable. CXF has always used 110 which I > *personally* like, but 120 is reasonable. On my machine, I don't run > Eclipse > full screen, it only covers about 2/3's of the screen. Of the eclipse > window, the workspace/package pane covers about 1/5 of the width leaving the > editor showing 112 characters. Thus, I think anything in the 110-125 range > would be reasonable. 160 would be way too much IMO. > > Dan > > >> >> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 03:44, Jamie G. <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Where would we put the limit too if we extend it? >>> >>> There is something to be said about cleanly structured code, it would >>> be nice not to have 500 char lines ;) >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Jamie >>> >>> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 8:11 AM, Guillaume Nodet <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Can we get rid of the 80 chars per line max in code ? >>>> We're not in the 90s whith 640x480 screens anymore. I don't see the >>> >>> value >>> >>>> of losing 2/3 of my screen to follow this silly limitation. >>>> Thoughts? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> ------------------------ >>>> Guillaume Nodet >>>> ------------------------ >>>> Blog: http://gnodet.blogspot.com/ >>>> ------------------------ >>>> Open Source SOA >>>> http://fusesource.com > -- > Daniel Kulp > [email protected] > http://dankulp.com/blog > Talend - http://www.talend.com
