On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 8:20 AM, Aahz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 22, 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > >> Why not just skip the specifics except to say < 80 characters for > all > > >> lines? Don't mention 72, 79 or any other number than 80: > > > > Amaury> I often run "svn diff" in a console limited to 80 characters. > > Amaury> Because of the leading "+", lines longer than 78 wrap, and the > > Amaury> output is more difficult to read. > > > > There will always be certain cases which present probems. I use "svn > > annotate" from time-to-time which adds an even wider margin to the left. > > In those situations I either grin and bear it or stretch my window enough > to > > view it without wrapping. > > Yes, but svn/cvs diff is a particularly common use case. I agree with > Amaury.
-1. There's just no way that 78 is enforceable. At Google, sticking to 80 is a continuous battle, and we use 2-space indents! -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
