Sun says "Avoid lines longer than 80 characters, since they're not handled well by many terminals and tools. "
IMO,having everything in the field of vision is better than to scroll and see. Siva ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Farinha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 7:28 PM Subject: RE: coding conventions > I doubt that the 80 cols limit will be a coding convention. > > Personally I keep Eclipse with the print margin on at 80, just to keep the code > readable on screen and, if needed, paper. But sometimes it's better to go over > the margin than break the line in weird places. > > I consider the 80 margin more of a good practice than a strict convention. > > Daniel farinha
