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So the 80 chars thing was at best reconsidered 16 years ago. Things have changed ... Niels Basjes On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 8:21 PM, Jonathan Eagles <jeag...@gmail.com> wrote: > More formally, we follow the sun java coding standards which follow > the 80 character limit. There is recent discussion over this, so it is > a very relevant comment. > > http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/HowToContribute > > http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/documentation/codeconventions-136091.html#313 > > On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 1:11 PM, Allen Wittenauer <a...@altiscale.com> wrote: > > > > On May 5, 2015, at 11:05 AM, Rich Haase <rha...@pandora.com> wrote: > > > >> Can someone explain to me why on earth we care about limiting line > length to 80 characters? Are there hadoop developers out there working > from teletype terminals? Can we perhaps update this limit to something > sane, like 120 chars? > >> > > > > > > > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/hadoop-common-dev/201407.mbox/%3CCALEq1Z8QvHof1A3zO0W5WGfbNjCOpfNo==jktq8jiu6efm_...@mail.gmail.com%3E > > > > > -- Best regards / Met vriendelijke groeten, Niels Basjes
