About the 79 character line recommendation

[sam]

Steve Bergman wrote:
> As I study Python, I am trying to develop good, Pythonic, habits.  For
> one thing, I am trying to keep Guido's the style guide in mind.
>
> And I know that it starts out saying that it should not be applied in
> an absolute fashion.
>
> However, I am finding that the 79 character line prescription is not
> optimal for readability.
>
> Certainly, cutting back from the length of lines that I used to use has
> *helped* readability.  But if I triy very hard to apply 79, I think
> readability suffers.  If this were just something that was an issue
> occasionally, I would just put it off to "know when to break the
> rules".  However, find myself going to 90 to 100 characters very
> frequently.  Now, if it were just me, I'd shoot for < 100.  However,
> the Python philosophy includes making code easier for others to read,
> as well.
>
> So, I was wondering what more accomplished Python programmers thought
> about this.
>
> While I'm on this general topic, the guide mentions a pet peeve about
> inserting more than one space to line up the "=" in assignment
> statements.  To me, lining them up, even if it requires quite a few
> extra spaces, helps readability quite a bit.  Comments?
>
> Thanks,
> Steve Bergman

I prefer to use 132 char per line, and like you I line up the = sign
for readability.
The reason for this convention arises from the fact that I am Dyslexic,
and this convention helps me double check my typing.

Sam Schulenburg