[Python-ideas] PEP 8 update on line length

Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer arj.python at gmail.com
Mon Feb 25 11:11:55 EST 2019


saw that today

80 Characters per Line Is a Standard Worth Sticking to Even Today
https://dev.to/nickjj/80-characters-per-line-is-a-standard-worth-sticking-to-even-today-26kk

Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer
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On Tue, 19 Feb 2019, 08:38 Simon, <simon.bordeyne at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'd like to propose an update to PEP8. Indeed, the 80 characters per line
> guideline is, I feel, outdated.
>
> I understand the need for it, back when monitors were small, and everyone
> coded on terminals, but nowadays, I feel like that guideline is more of a
> hinderance, and that it promotes poor code.
>
> Indeed, people abiding by this rule tend to choose shorter variable names,
> reduce the amount of indentation, and other tricks to just keep the
> character count under 80. I think a 100 or even 120 suggested characters
> per line count is much more realistic by today's standards. It still allow
> for the code to be completely displayed, even on just half of a screen.
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