Olivier Langlois wrote: > There was a coding standard where I worked and the intention behind this > requirement was to make the code printer friendly. Printing code source > with lines longer than 80 chars greatly hinder readability on paper. >
I don't think I've ever seen Python code printed out other than in books. Indeed, I don't think I've seen anyone print their code in any language in a decade--it's much easier to read online with tags, class browsers, easy access to version history, etc. The 79-column limit is a hard rule most places I've worked, because pretty much all code is going to wind up with someone looking at it on an 80-column terminal at some point. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
