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15 maj 2012 · With 80 character wide code, you only need a 240 character wide screen (1920 pixels at 8 pixels per character) to see a full three-way-merge (common ancestor, local branch and remote branch) comfortably on one screen.
- coding style - How to follow the 80 character limit best practice while ...
The best practice should be "limit the length of a line so...
- coding style - How to follow the 80 character limit best practice while ...
In the Linux coding standard, not only do they keep the 80 character limit, but they also use 8 space indentation. Part of the reasoning is that if you ever reach the right margin, you should consider moving an indentation level into a separate function.
There are several reasons to still adhere to an 80 character limit (or, a 74 character limit is even better; it allows for the code to remain fewer than 80 columns even when diff markers and email quoting is added, if you do code review on mailing lists).
16 mar 2016 · The best practice should be "limit the length of a line so that you, all your colleagues, and all the tools that you are using are happy with it", plus some common sense. 80 characters seems to be very low and tends to reduce readability.
24 paź 2022 · A limit of 80 characters helps to write scannable code. I've heard this style of embracing short lines called vertical coding . Code that is 80 characters wide encourages simpler statements, smaller functions, and lower cyclomatic complexity.
I find it dissatisfying and frustrating when one of those source files is >120 characters in width, because it means I can't comfortably fit a line of code on a line of screen. It upsets formatting to line wrap.
1 lis 2023 · Solving the 80-column rule debate once and for all with a simple soft margin approach. Explained with examples in JavaScript & Python and a code analysis. Figure 1: Punch card with 80 columns...
