#23395: Clarification on PEP 8 E501: line too long (> 79 characters)
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Reporter: nrogers64 | Owner: nobody
Type: Cleanup/optimization | Status: new
Component: Documentation | Version: master
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: afraid-to-commit | Triage Stage: Accepted
Has patch: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 1 | UI/UX: 0
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Comment (by carljm):
Replying to [comment:8 nrogers64]:
> Also, I'm not sure if Carl is correct or not in this statement that he
made:
>
> > With recent updates to PEP 8 to accommodate longer lines, the stated
policy is no longer an exception to PEP 8
>
> The quote from PEP 8 shown above seems to imply that you can go up to 99
characters if you want to, but no more than that. Maybe I'm
misinterpreting that, though.
You're right; I didn't re-check the PEP and mis-remembered it as allowing
up to 120, not 100. So allowing up to 120 remains an exception to PEP 8.
Thanks for the correction.
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