-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 On 2011.07.18 01:51 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: > Let me see if I understand: because there exists a possibility that > someone might want (not need) to edit code on a telephone to make a > quick edit to code being interpreted on that machine, _all_ Python > code should limit itself to a line width that may or may not wrap on > a telephone screen? > > Is that the argument in favor of an 80-character line width? I doubt that's /the/ argument. I speculated that it's one of the reasons that a column limit still has relevance. I did not say that I thought the argument had merit; I make no judgment either way. Also, I'm sure more than quick edits are done on these phones. Depending on the focus of the project, it may be best to do most, if not all testing on that device.
Personally, I think that 80 is pretty arbitrary now, and not the best limit. I'm more comfortable with 120-130 myself. In any case, Python won't complain about how many characters are on a line, and that's the way it should be. - -- CPython 3.2.1 | Windows NT 6.1.7601.17592 | Thunderbird 5.0 PGP/GPG Public Key ID: 0xF88E034060A78FCB -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAwAGBQJOJIQ9AAoJEPiOA0Bgp4/LhgUH/iFWmSZXw9Rw0SyHpRZ4gPvb WahJhf3j0bAnWnJWueAMgzgTMzuZv/6V6x8Yka/KewjBk5/coIsCNHgL+LR8rrat YbN3FTQneuTlwtkj+2wQV+pQEQM6i2eVs50TEji98NW1jqtwW3UxhT/x4efaUHtc 9iHZRZTqmNMlXJWfRgfD6mC0bHGGAUTadyetGHicdZYy+AIo8Di7tObd5SwuQxIM 8U7aRkupiOpRaUj3YXXsIuWeio+SirpnJiVdWadBbgsdBSjI8jJl2MqXq52BieA6 5avnDGA+6575+1GNTaLXHNyFpgNkTUXCb5cOf3TP6zk0q9EtNxYY9dxQ8QJmdU8= =sKG0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
