Re: max line length

[Thomas <fantome.forums.tDeContes@free.fr.invalid>]

In article <jc73m8F36cpU1@mid.individual.net>,
 Niklas Holsti <niklas.holsti@tidorum.invalid> wrote:

> On 2022-04-19 0:58, Thomas wrote:
> > hi :-)
> > 
> > 
> > how do you set your max line length?
> > 
> > using indentations a lot, i find that 80 is short.
> 
> 
> I limit lines to 80 characters,

i would like to set it to 96.

> because I very often want to use a 
> side-by-side diff of file versions, which means having a window wider 
> than two line-lengths. Text in a 170-character-wide window is still 
> readable, but wider ones are not

is a 200-character-wide window bearable?


> 
> I also group subsystems into package families (parent and child 
> packages) which means that the children can directly use parent-declared 
> identifiers without qualification.

thank you, i tend to forget it :-)

> 
> Other means to keep lines short include using a small indentation step 
> (I now use 3 spaces, but I'm considering changing to 2 spaces)

i prefer increase readability with a larger indentation.

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