On Dec 5 2019, Michael Matz wrote:
(oh a flame bait :) )
Quite. I shall try not to make it too much worse, but there's another point that needs mentioning. I find long names hard to read, with either short or long lines, especially when combined with variants like negotiate_twisty_little_passage, and negotiate_little_twisty_passage. And extending line lengths will probably encourage the use of longer names. As people say, there are conficting requirements, but I side with you in preferring 80 column lines. Actually, I tend to use less, but that's because of the (still current) frequency with which utilities make a mess of lines exactly 80 columns long in an 80 column field. Regards, Nick Maclaren.
