On Jun 10, 2016 6:37 AM, "Marko Rauhamaa" <ma...@pacujo.net> wrote: > > alister <alister.w...@ntlworld.com>: > > > Or more simply a hard fixed RULE (MUST be less than X lines) is Bad. > > It's not X lines, it's "you must see the whole function at once." > > If your display can show 1,500 lines at once, that's your limit. Mine > shows 70.
I disagree on that point. For a typical-size display, it's a reasonable guideline. But just because your 1500-line function fits in a single screen does not make it readable. In particular, if the function is deeply nested, then it quickly becomes difficult to discern which code aligns with which. A similar principle informs us that 70-100 columns is a reasonable line length limit for readability even if your display can fit much more. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
