On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:53:48 -0500 Barry Warsaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: now
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> In 50 years, our grandchildren will be writing code with brain
> implants and displays burned right into their retina, and they'll /
> still/ be subject to 79 characters. I laugh every time I think that
> the
Barry Warsaw wrote:
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> On Feb 21, 2008, at 12:33 PM, Ron Adam wrote:
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>> Barry Warsaw wrote:
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>>> Why should docstrings and comments be limited to 72 characters when
>>> code is limited to 79 characters? I ask because there is an ongoing
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On Feb 22, 2008, at 11:20 AM, Aahz wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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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:
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On Feb 21, 2008, at 12:30 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 9:15 AM, Barry Warsaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>> Why should docstrings and comments be limited to 72 characters when
>> code is limited to 79 characters? I ask bec
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On Feb 21, 2008, at 12:33 PM, Ron Adam wrote:
> Barry Warsaw wrote:
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>> Why should docstrings and comments be limited to 72 characters when
>> code is limited to 79 characters? I ask because there is an ongoing
>> debate at my company about this.
>
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On Feb 22, 2008, at 11:28 AM, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 8:20 AM, Aahz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On Fri, Feb 22, 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> Why not just skip the specifics except to say < 80 characters
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On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 8:20 AM, Aahz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> > >> 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:
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> > Amaury
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> >> 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:
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> Amaury> I often run "svn diff" in a console limited to 80 characters.
> Amaury> Because
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 10:12:16AM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 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.
svn blame | less -S
Oleg.
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>> 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
Am
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> To: Skip Montanaro
> Cc: python-dev Dev
> Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r60919 - peps/trunk/pep-
> 0008.txt
>
> Skip Montanaro wrote:
> > Why not just skip the specifics except to say < 80 characters for all
> > lines? Don't mention 72, 79 or
Skip Montanaro 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:
I often run "svn diff" in a console limited to 80 characters.
Because of the leading "+", lines longer than 78 wrap, and the output
is more dif
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:
Maximum Line Length
There are still many devices around that are limited to 80 character
lines; plus, limiting windows to 80 characters makes it po
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 9:15 AM, Barry Warsaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> On Feb 21, 2008, at 11:21 AM, skip.montanaro wrote:
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> > Author: skip.montanaro
> > Date: Thu Feb 21 17:21:15 2008
> > New Revision: 60919
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> > Modified:
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Barry Warsaw wrote:
> Why should docstrings and comments be limited to 72 characters when
> code is limited to 79 characters? I ask because there is an ongoing
> debate at my company about this.
I'm not sure if this is the main reason, but when using pydoc to view
docstrings, the 72 chara
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 9:15 AM, Barry Warsaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Why should docstrings and comments be limited to 72 characters when
> code is limited to 79 characters? I ask because there is an ongoing
> debate at my company about this.
People in your company have too much time on t
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On Feb 21, 2008, at 11:21 AM, skip.montanaro wrote:
> Author: skip.montanaro
> Date: Thu Feb 21 17:21:15 2008
> New Revision: 60919
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> Modified:
> peps/trunk/pep-0008.txt
> Log:
> Replace "looks ugly" with a hopefully more concrete explanation of
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