On 3/7/19 2:02 PM, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Stefano Stabellini writes ("Re: [PATCH v11 5/9] xen/x86: use DECLARE_BOUNDS
> as required"):
>> On Wed, 6 Mar 2019, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>> Is the line wrapping really needed here?
>>
>> It would end at 80 characters exactly otherwise. I am happy to do as you
>> prefer.
>
> Certainly I prefer lines to end strictly less than 80 characters and
> preferably even shorter. My mailer/editor produces wrap damage for
> exactly-80-character lines.
>
> I think this wrapping was introduced by Stefano after a prompt from
> me.
>
> Jan, it is quite unfortunate that you are replying to Stefano to
> disagree with things that Stefano did because I suggested them, rather
> than replying to my patch comments. We must not put Stefano in the
> middle of a disagreement between different committers.
>
> On this style question, while I have an opinion, I don't consider
> myself a maintainer, so the hypervisor maintainers' answer is
> definitive.
>
>
> Nevertheless, I will have one go at trying to convince Jan:
>
> Note that:
>
> - When code is turned into a patch, an extra character is added for
> the diff +/-. That means that 80-column code becomes 81 columns
> wide.
>
> - When a patch is quoted for review in email, two (usually) extra
> quoting characters are added ('> ') for each level of reply,
> so 80-column code becomes 83 or 85 (or more) columns wide.
>
> - One purpose of the line length limit is to fit within a
> conventional 80-column text terminal window (or at least, to
> minimise the number of lines which overflow such a window)
>
> - In an 80 column ssh session, simple representations are only
> capable of unambiguously displaying lines of up to 79 characters.
>
> - Therefore the total available code width which can be displayed
> unambiguously in an 80-column ssh session, within a singly quoted
> patch, is 76 characters. Longer lines produce wrap damage.
>
> To me would seem to imply that a *code* line length limit of 76 or 74
> characters should be usual.
Personally, I prefer to have wider lines. My windows are all wider than
80 lines, and for my personal projects my code lines are much longer; 80
is a compromise "down" for me. I'm happy not to argue that we should
raise the line limit higher than 80 to accommodate my own choice of
screen layout, but in return I'd rather not compromise further to
benefit people who choose to limit their windows to 80 columns.
> Certainly it seems churlish to object to
> patches where the new code is wrapped to avoid lines >76.
I agree with this.
-George
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