Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Although PEP 8 is only compulsory for the Python standard library, many > users like to stick to PEP 8 for external projects. > > http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/ > > With perhaps one glaring exception: many people hate, or ignore, PEP 8's > recommendation to limit lines to 80 characters. (Strictly speaking, 79 > characters.) > > > Here is a good defence of 80 char lines: > > http://wrongsideofmemphis.com/2013/03/25/80-chars-per-line-is-great/
The now arbitrary 80-column limit is a remnant of the limitations built into ancient terminals. Why not let the text editor auto-wrap the lines? They can do that now. Rui Maciel -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list