Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r60919 - peps/trunk/pep-0008.txt

2008-02-23 Thread Mike Meyer
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:53:48 -0500 Barry Warsaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: now is In 50 years, our grandchildren will be writing code with brain implants and displays burned right into their retina, and they'll / still/ be subject to 79 characters. I laugh every time I think that they'll

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r60919 - peps/trunk/pep-0008.txt

2008-02-22 Thread Amaury Forgeot d'Arc
Skip Montanaro wrote: Why not just skip the specifics except to say 80 characters for all lines? Don't mention 72, 79 or any other number than 80: I often run svn diff in a console limited to 80 characters. Because of the leading +, lines longer than 78 wrap, and the output is more difficult

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r60919 - peps/trunk/pep-0008.txt

2008-02-22 Thread Kristján Valur Jónsson
: python-dev Dev Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r60919 - peps/trunk/pep- 0008.txt Skip Montanaro wrote: Why not just skip the specifics except to say 80 characters for all lines? Don't mention 72, 79 or any other number than 80: I often run svn diff in a console limited

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r60919 - peps/trunk/pep-0008.txt

2008-02-22 Thread skip
Why not just skip the specifics except to say 80 characters for all lines? Don't mention 72, 79 or any other number than 80: Amaury I often run svn diff in a console limited to 80 characters. Amaury Because of the leading +, lines longer than 78 wrap, and the Amaury

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r60919 - peps/trunk/pep-0008.txt

2008-02-22 Thread Oleg Broytmann
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 10:12:16AM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use svn annotate from time-to-time which adds an even wider margin to the left. In those situations I either grin and bear it or stretch my window enough to view it without wrapping. svn blame | less -S Oleg. --

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r60919 - peps/trunk/pep-0008.txt

2008-02-22 Thread Guido van Rossum
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 8:20 AM, Aahz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Feb 22, 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why not just skip the specifics except to say 80 characters for all lines? Don't mention 72, 79 or any other number than 80: Amaury I often run svn

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r60919 - peps/trunk/pep-0008.txt

2008-02-22 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Feb 22, 2008, at 11:28 AM, Guido van Rossum wrote: On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 8:20 AM, Aahz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Feb 22, 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why not just skip the specifics except to say 80 characters for all lines?

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r60919 - peps/trunk/pep-0008.txt

2008-02-22 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Feb 22, 2008, at 11:20 AM, Aahz wrote: On Fri, Feb 22, 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why not just skip the specifics except to say 80 characters for all lines? Don't mention 72, 79 or any other number than 80: Amaury I often run

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r60919 - peps/trunk/pep-0008.txt

2008-02-22 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Feb 21, 2008, at 12:30 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote: On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 9:15 AM, Barry Warsaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why should docstrings and comments be limited to 72 characters when code is limited to 79 characters? I ask because

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r60919 - peps/trunk/pep-0008.txt

2008-02-22 Thread Ron Adam
Barry Warsaw wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Feb 21, 2008, at 12:33 PM, Ron Adam wrote: Barry Warsaw wrote: Why should docstrings and comments be limited to 72 characters when code is limited to 79 characters? I ask because there is an ongoing debate at my

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r60919 - peps/trunk/pep-0008.txt

2008-02-21 Thread Ron Adam
Barry Warsaw wrote: Why should docstrings and comments be limited to 72 characters when code is limited to 79 characters? I ask because there is an ongoing debate at my company about this. I'm not sure if this is the main reason, but when using pydoc to view docstrings, the 72

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r60919 - peps/trunk/pep-0008.txt

2008-02-21 Thread Guido van Rossum
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 9:15 AM, Barry Warsaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why should docstrings and comments be limited to 72 characters when code is limited to 79 characters? I ask because there is an ongoing debate at my company about this. People in your company have too much time on their