From: Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>
Subject: Re: Ada standard and maximum line lengths
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:02:29 -0700
Date: 2013-01-31T11:02:29-07:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <keebjl$g6q$1@dont-email.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1301310939580.17341@debian>
On 01/31/2013 02:10 AM, Stefan.Lucks@uni-weimar.de wrote:
>
> Programmers may argue that indention eats up a lot of columns at the left, so
> they need more on the right. But that has to end at some point -- if your
> program is too deeply nested, you should refactorize it, rather than indent even
> more. So 120 characters should be plenty. Anything beyond that should not be
> considered as readable for humans, anymore.
For about 30 yrs, I have used a personal limit of 130 characters for program
source code. (For work I adhere to the project's coding standard.) I find the
resulting code quite readable, easier to read than code constrained to
80-character lines. I have always been able to use an editor that handles entire
lines easily, and have been able to print 130-character lines when needed.
--
Jeff Carter
"Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords
is no basis for a system of government."
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
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2013-01-28 5:02 Ada standard and maximum line lengths Lucretia
2013-01-28 6:01 ` J-P. Rosen
2013-01-28 6:28 ` Jeffrey Carter
2013-01-28 8:05 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-01-28 16:42 ` Jeffrey Carter
2013-01-28 20:22 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-01-28 20:46 ` J-P. Rosen
2013-01-28 21:29 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-01-29 1:42 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-01-29 6:15 ` J-P. Rosen
2013-01-29 10:25 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-01-29 11:31 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-01-29 12:11 ` Simon Wright
2013-01-29 12:31 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-01-29 12:37 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-01-29 15:29 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-01-29 16:58 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-01-29 17:51 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-01-29 18:18 ` Shark8
2013-01-29 19:54 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-01-29 23:12 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-01-30 9:18 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-01-30 9:51 ` Simon Wright
2013-01-30 15:28 ` Robert A Duff
2013-01-30 23:24 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-01-31 2:16 ` Robert A Duff
2013-01-31 9:10 ` Stefan.Lucks
2013-01-31 9:30 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-01-31 9:51 ` Simon Wright
2013-01-31 10:56 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-01-31 18:02 ` Jeffrey Carter [this message]
2013-01-31 23:54 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-02-01 9:15 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-02-01 23:13 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-02-02 1:24 ` Lucretia
2013-02-02 14:12 ` Robert A Duff
2013-02-05 2:09 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-01-31 9:03 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-01-30 9:37 ` Simon Wright
2013-01-30 12:02 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-01-29 23:47 ` Jeffrey Carter
2013-01-30 7:24 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-01-30 10:09 ` J-P. Rosen
2013-01-29 20:36 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-01-29 21:01 ` Robert A Duff
2013-01-29 21:14 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-01-28 8:18 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-01-28 10:02 ` Maciej Sobczak
2013-01-28 11:57 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-01-28 13:28 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-01-28 15:14 ` J-P. Rosen
2013-01-28 16:13 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-01-28 15:13 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-01-28 13:49 ` Robert A Duff
2013-01-29 2:09 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-01-29 18:46 ` Lucretia
2013-01-29 20:53 ` Robert A Duff
2013-01-29 21:22 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-01-30 3:22 ` Lucretia
2013-01-30 9:49 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-01-30 23:28 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-02-01 1:48 ` Shark8
2013-01-29 21:29 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-01-29 21:53 ` Adam Beneschan
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