More formally, we follow the sun java coding standards which follow the 80 character limit. There is recent discussion over this, so it is a very relevant comment.
http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/HowToContribute http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/documentation/codeconventions-136091.html#313 On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 1:11 PM, Allen Wittenauer <a...@altiscale.com> wrote: > > On May 5, 2015, at 11:05 AM, Rich Haase <rha...@pandora.com> wrote: > >> Can someone explain to me why on earth we care about limiting line length to >> 80 characters? Are there hadoop developers out there working from teletype >> terminals? Can we perhaps update this limit to something sane, like 120 >> chars? >> > > > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/hadoop-common-dev/201407.mbox/%3CCALEq1Z8QvHof1A3zO0W5WGfbNjCOpfNo==jktq8jiu6efm_...@mail.gmail.com%3E > >
