On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 4:03 PM, Alan Gauld <alan.ga...@btinternet.com> wrote: > On 16/04/15 17:47, boB Stepp wrote:
[...] > 2) I have seen varying recommendations as to number of lines of code > > Most of these come from the days when we worked on dumb terminals with 24 > line screens. Actual measurements has shown that function length (within > reason!) is not a major factor in comprehension or reliability. In COBOL or > C it is not unreasonable to have functions over 50 lines long, sometimes > over a hundred. But in Python that would be very unusual. So I'd treat the > advise to limit length to about 20 lines of executable code to still be > valid, if you exceed it treat it as a red flag to check that you really need > it to be that long. Would not your comments above apply to line length as well? If yes, why are we still wedded to a 79-80 character limit to lines when most people's monitors are quite expansive, to put it mildly? boB _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
