On 3/28/06, Martin Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/28/06, Gary Gregory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > Martin > > > Cooper > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 3:02 PM > > > To: Jakarta Commons Developers List > > > Subject: Re: [all] Line width and such minutiae > > > > > > On 3/28/06, Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > On 3/28/06, Phil Steitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > My personal preference is 80 column line widths, partly because > > this > > > > > makes diffs readable. > > > > > > > > Sorry, forgot to add this to the other email. > > > > > > > > For the record, I like 120 column line widths. Java's a verbose > > > > language, 80 feels cramped. People can print in landscape :) > > > > > > > > > For me, printing is not the issue, side-by-side diffs are the issue. I > > > hate > > > having to scroll horizontally all the time to see the actual diffs. > > That's > > > why I'm with Phil on 80 character widths. > > > > This sounds to me like a problem with a particular diff tool. I do not > > think we should restrict our source code based on the limitations of > > /one/ tool. > > > > For those of us using Eclipse, this is not an issue since the tool > > (Eclipse) presents a nice user-interface that allows me to focus on the > > nature of the changes as opposed to the changes and the format the > > changes are given in. > > > > We use 120 at work. I think we got the idea from Jakarata Commons but I > > cannot find a link right now. Plenty of Commons projects use 120, so the > > number must come from some previous agreement. > > > Perhaps agreement among some subset of us - the components I've worked on > use 80 characters. ;-) >
The number 80 has numerological properties that imbue the code with a special quality that obviously only you and I appreciate, Martin. Mailers wrapping commit diffs is a sign that we have offended the Gods when we code "beyond the end of the card" ;-) Phil --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
