On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote:
> On 01/08/13 22:44, Nick Coghlan wrote: > > 4. Lines up to 99 characters are now permitted (but 79 is still the >> preferred limit) >> > > Coincidentally, there was a discussion about line length on python-list > over the last couple of days. I think the two most relevant comments are by > Skip Montanaro: > > http://mail.python.org/**pipermail/python-list/2013-**July/652977.html<http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2013-July/652977.html> > http://mail.python.org/**pipermail/python-list/2013-**July/653046.html<http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2013-July/653046.html> > > I believe there may be a relationship to the 7 plus or minus 2 (times 10) of human conceptual limits. Personally I find it very difficult to read text with long lines. Historically two or three column (newspaper/book) with a barrier margin was used to get much more text on the page, but still the reader had much shorter "chunks" to absorb. > If I may be permitted to paraphrase: > > - publishers and printers have been dealing with readability of text for > an awfully long time, and they pretty much all use a de facto standard of > 70-80 characters per line; > > - most lines of code are short, stretching the max out to 100 characters > when most lines are around 60 just ends up wasting screen real estate if > your editor window is wide enough to deal with the max. > > To that last point, I add: it's even worse if you keep the editor > relatively narrow, since now you have a few lines that require horizontal > scrolling, which is awful, or line-wrapping, neither of which are palatable. > > > > -- > Steven > > ______________________________**_________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > http://mail.python.org/**mailman/listinfo/python-dev<http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev> > Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/**mailman/options/python-dev/** > ldlandis%40gmail.com<http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/ldlandis%40gmail.com> > -- --- NOTE: If it is important CALL ME - I may miss email, which I do NOT normally check on weekends nor on a regular basis during any other day. --- LD Landis - N0YRQ - de la tierra del encanto 3960 Schooner Loop, Las Cruces, NM 88012 651-340-4007 N32 21'48.28" W106 46'5.80"
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