Steve Bergman wrote: > As I study Python, I am trying to develop good, Pythonic, habits. For > one thing, I am trying to keep Guido's the style guide in mind. > > And I know that it starts out saying that it should not be applied in > an absolute fashion. > > However, I am finding that the 79 character line prescription is not > optimal for readability. > > Certainly, cutting back from the length of lines that I used to use has > *helped* readability. But if I triy very hard to apply 79, I think > readability suffers. If this were just something that was an issue > occasionally, I would just put it off to "know when to break the > rules". However, find myself going to 90 to 100 characters very > frequently. Now, if it were just me, I'd shoot for < 100. However, > the Python philosophy includes making code easier for others to read, > as well. > > So, I was wondering what more accomplished Python programmers thought > about this. > > While I'm on this general topic, the guide mentions a pet peeve about > inserting more than one space to line up the "=" in assignment > statements. To me, lining them up, even if it requires quite a few > extra spaces, helps readability quite a bit. Comments? > > Thanks, > Steve Bergman
I prefer to use 132 char per line, and like you I line up the = sign for readability. The reason for this convention arises from the fact that I am Dyslexic, and this convention helps me double check my typing. Sam Schulenburg -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
