Arun, I use my IDE split vertically all the time on projects without strict line limits and I have never had a problem seeing the code from multiple classes in such a setup.
I can certainly setup my IDE to only do 80 characters a line, although I think it hurts readability in many cases where long names force method calls to wrap across many lines. The reason I initially asked about the line length limit being so low is that I am having to reformat a quite a bit of the distcp code in order to submit a patch. It’s clear to me that distcp did not follow the code standards being checked by checkstyle. While I don’t mind refactoring code to meet a standard I think that standard should reflect the state of development environments used this decade. Rich On May 5, 2015, at 1:36 PM, Arun Suresh <asur...@cloudera.com<mailto:asur...@cloudera.com>> wrote: My 2 cents : I actually like the lower char limit. Since most of the time, I end up having to switch between classes, I end up splitting my screen vertically and having multiple files open. for some reason, I find splitting vertically is better for readability than horizontally. In anycase, my IDE generally helps me format to 80 chars so, it has never been a pain point for me. On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 12:30 PM, Niels Basjes <ni...@basjes.nl<mailto:ni...@basjes.nl>> wrote: I respect immensely the contributions Doug has made to many Apache projects, Hear hear! I fully agree with that one. On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 8:30 PM, Rich Haase <rha...@pandora.com<mailto:rha...@pandora.com>> wrote: I respect immensely the contributions Doug has made to many Apache projects, but I don’t think that should be a reason to force everyone to write code as if our screen sizes can’t support more than 80 characters. On May 5, 2015, at 12:21 PM, Niels Basjes <ni...@basjes.nl<mailto:ni...@basjes.nl><mailto: ni...@basjes.nl<mailto:ni...@basjes.nl>>> wrote: Perhaps we should tell him these screens can also be turned landscape ? ;) But seriously: 1) Does Doug still actively work on code? From my perspective; Only very infrequently. 2) In the 200+ people IT department where I work I know only 1 colleague who uses his screen in portrait mode and he doesn't do code. So, for who do we really stick to the 80 chars limit? Niels On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 8:11 PM, Allen Wittenauer <a...@altiscale.com<mailto:a...@altiscale.com> <mailto: a...@altiscale.com<mailto:a...@altiscale.com>>> wrote: On May 5, 2015, at 11:05 AM, Rich Haase <rha...@pandora.com<mailto:rha...@pandora.com><mailto: rha...@pandora.com<mailto: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 Rich Haase| Sr. Software Engineer | Pandora m (303) 887-1146 | rha...@pandora.com<mailto:awils...@pandora.com> -- Best regards / Met vriendelijke groeten, Niels Basjes Rich Haase| Sr. Software Engineer | Pandora m (303) 887-1146 | rha...@pandora.com<mailto:rha...@pandora.com>
