Den wrote: > On Wednesday, October 17, 2012 11:06:43 PM UTC-7, Zero Piraeus wrote: > > : > > > > > > What are people's preferred strategies for dealing with lines that go > > > > over 79 characters? A few I can think of off the bat: > > > > I personally just keep typing until my statement is finished. This is my > program, not PEP's. > > But I have to say I'm amused by the whole question, and others related to > PEP8. A quick aside, the width of our > roads all go back to the width of a two horse rig. The suggested maximum of > 80 characters goes back to teletype > machines, and IBM cards, and character based terminals > > Should that really be the basis for a suggested style now? > > Den
Unlike IBM cards and the teletype, character based terminals are still widely used (at least in the developer communities). They often default to 80 characters, but handle various sizes. So that comparison is not quite fair. Ramit Prasad This email is confidential and subject to important disclaimers and conditions including on offers for the purchase or sale of securities, accuracy and completeness of information, viruses, confidentiality, legal privilege, and legal entity disclaimers, available at http://www.jpmorgan.com/pages/disclosures/email. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list