On Apr 16, 2010, at 1:48 PM, Eric Seidel wrote:
<bike-shedding>
I think 80 columns is a waste of time and hurts readability.
Instead of being smart about when we wrap code, 80 adheres to a
blanket rule, discourages long variable/function names, and needlessly
expands code vertically ignoring modern wider-than-long monitors.
The optparse code which was recently re-wrapped is one example of 80c
fail. Impossible to tell in the wrapped version which arguments are
actually being listed (first argument to the function) because your
eye can't parse the start of each line.
That said. I'd rather have you and Adam and Chris all working on the
Python than have folks lose interest due to code wrapping. If the
consensus is 80c, I'll learn to deal. :)
The choice is either:
A. no wrapping rule to match the rest of WebKit
B. 80c to match the official PEP8 spec (and Google code).
I've chosen A. in the past. Mostly to match my own personal bias
I'm sure.
I haven't contributed to WebKit's Python code yet, but I will say that
I agree with Eric's sentiments here. 80-column limit is archaic and
pointless. No one is developing WebKit on a vt220.
Regards,
Maciej
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