On Mon, 6 Dec 2010 00:22:49 -0500 Andreas Waldenburger <use...@geekmail.invalid> wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Dec 2010 19:52:54 -0800 Chris Rebert <c...@rebertia.com> > wrote: > > > On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 7:40 PM, shearichard <shearich...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > Hi - PEP8 says lines should not exceed 79 characters in length > > > ( http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/ ). > > > > > > So if you've got some code that looks like this : > > > > > > raise fooMod.fooException("Some message which is quite long") > > > > > > ... and assuming a certain amount of indenting you're going to > > > break that guideline. > > > > > > [etc.] > > > > [...] > > Alternatively, you could disregard PEP 8 on this point on the > > grounds that the 79/80 characters per line limit is outdated. > > > Maybe, but it's not outmoded. > As a more useful (I hope) reply, my opinion in this case is to just make the line a little longer. Even if you can't read it all at once, it is pretty obvious what comes next: The rest of the error message. There is no additional functionality hidden there, and you don't need to see it all at once to grasp the meaning of the code. /W -- To reach me via email, replace INVALID with the country code of my home country. But if you spam me, I'll be one sour Kraut. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
