[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r60919 - peps/trunk/pep-0008.txt
Ron Adam
rrr at ronadam.com
Thu Feb 21 18:33:37 CET 2008
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 character width allows for the added indent in class and
method sections.
Ron
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