On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 5:29 PM, Iustin Pop <ius...@google.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 05:20:20PM +0530, Rustom Mody wrote: > > There was a recent discussion on the python list regarding maximum line > > length. > > It occured to me that beautiful haskell programs tend to be plump (ie > have > > long lines) compared to other languages whose programs are 'skinnier'. > > My thoughts on this are at > > http://blog.languager.org/2012/10/layout-imperative-in-functional.html. > > > > Are there more striking examples than the lexer from the standard > prelude? > > [Or any other thoughts/opinions :-) ] > > For what is worth, in our project (Ganeti) which has a mixed > Python/Haskell codebase, we're using the same maximum length > (80-but-really-79) in both languages, without any (real) issues. > > regards, > iustin > Sure! There can hardly be a case that 80 causes any issues. Just that a bit more than 80 can sometimes lead to distinctly more elegant programs. Too much more than 80 can cause issues with readability and/or other tools.
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