[Python-ideas] PEP 8 update on line length

[Paul Ferrell]

I think the solution is for everyone to rotate their widescreen monitors
90° into a really tall portrait mode. :)


On Thu, Feb 21, 2019, 11:44 AM Mike Miller <python-ideas at mgmiller.net>
wrote:

>
> On 2/18/19 8:37 PM, Simon wrote:
> > I'd like to propose an update to PEP8. Indeed, the 80 characters per
> line
> > guideline is, I feel, outdated.
>
> Hi, I don't agree it is outdated.  As someone who has a second 4k monitor
> in
> portrait mode to minimize scrolling (recommended), the ~80 char line limit
> avoids the need for horizontal scrolling as well.  This isn't your
> father's
> Oldsmobile, haha.
>
> When in landscape on the go I can have two windows open side by side, say
> an
> editor and documentation/mail at the same time, aka multitasking.  Not as
> good
> as a second monitor, but better than nothing.
>
> Other folks have chimed in on how newspapers and magazines limit line
> length for
> readability purposes.
>
> I suppose if you code fullscreen (or near it) on a 16:9 monitor, longer
> lines
> might be desirable.  Worked at a place where a co-worker frequently
> produced
> code with ~200 character lines despite calls to cease and desist.  Looked
> over
> once, and sure enough a full+widescreen editor.  Nostalgic for DOS, or
> focused
> like a laser?  Not sure.
>
> The issue is unfortunately exacerbated by the monitor industry forcing us
> all to
> 16:9 aspect ratios, outside of the MacBook and tablets.  That was a
> regression
> in my opinion.
>
> -Mike
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