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. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
