+1

Christian Moen
http://www.atilika.com

On Feb 25, 2013, at 8:01 PM, Michael McCandless <[email protected]> 
wrote:

> +1
> 
> Mike McCandless
> 
> http://blog.mikemccandless.com
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> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 5:59 AM, Uwe Schindler <[email protected]> wrote:
>> +1 to raise the default of 80 to a minimum of 120. I really hate short lines 
>> (and I find that the longer lines are much more readable) :-)
>> 
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>> Uwe Schindler
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Toke Eskildsen [mailto:[email protected]]
>>> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 11:39 AM
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: Line length in Lucene/Solr code
>>> 
>>> According to https://wiki.apache.org/solr/HowToContribute, Sun's code style
>>> conventions should be used when writing contributions for Lucene and Solr.
>>> Said conventions state that lines in code should be 80 characters or less,
>>> "since they're not handled well by many terminals and tools":
>>> http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/documentation/codecon
>>> ventions-136091.html#313
>>> 
>>> A quick random inspection of the Lucene/Solr code base tells me that this
>>> recommendation is not followed: Out of 20 source files, only a single one
>>> adhered to the 80 characters/line limit and that was StorageField, which is 
>>> an
>>> interface.
>>> 
>>> I am all for a larger limit as I find that it makes Java code a lot more 
>>> readable.
>>> With current tools, Java code needs to be formatted using line breaks and
>>> indents (as opposed to fully dynamic tool-specific re-flow of the code). 
>>> That
>>> formatting is dependent on a specific maximum line width to be consistent.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> With that in mind, I suggest that the code style recommendation is expanded
>>> with the notion that a maximum of x characters/line should be used, where x
>>> is something more than 80. Judging by a quick search, 120 chars seems to be
>>> a common choice.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Toke Eskildsen
>>> 
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