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

[Guido van Rossum]

On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 8:20 AM, Aahz <aahz at pythoncraft.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2008, skip at pobox.com 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 diff" in a console limited to 80 characters.
>  >     Amaury> Because of the leading "+", lines longer than 78 wrap, and the
>  >     Amaury> output is more difficult to read.
>  >
>  > There will always be certain cases which present probems.  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.
>
>  Yes, but svn/cvs diff is a particularly common use case.  I agree with
>  Amaury.

-1. There's just no way that 78 is enforceable. At Google, sticking to
80 is a continuous battle, and we use 2-space indents!

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