On 7/26/07, Amit Upadhyay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 7/26/07, Tom Tobin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I'm starting to seriously wonder if the 80-character line width has
> > outlived its usefulness.  There are various naturally occurring bits
> > of code that just don't fit onto a single 80-character line, and the
> > options for chopping it up are all sub-optimal; increasing the minimum
> > width would decrease the number of occasions on which one might need
> > to deal with this frustration.  Docstrings and comments also find
> > themselves cramped for space after a few indentation levels.
>
> I like to differ on this. Take your email for example, why is it wrapped at
> 80 chars? Because its easier to read.

It's wrapped because that's what Gmail wrapped it at.  And I agree
that somewhat-narrow line widths are good for *prose*; code isn't read
the same way.

> In source code this fosters better coding practice, if indentation level is
> too deep, you are doing something wrong.

You can run into these problems at two, one, or even *no* indentation
levels deep.

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