[openstack-dev] Revisiting current column number limit in code

Steven Hardy shardy at redhat.com
Wed Oct 30 12:07:25 UTC 2013


On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 10:45:57AM +0200, Roman Prykhodchenko wrote:
> If a line of code is complex enough to not fit 80 symbols I'd suggest simplifying the algorithm. Btw, some of displays can be turned for 90˚ so this might be a way to go with graphical IDEs :)

Agreed, I think Linus Torvalds summed it up pretty well in 1995:

"If you need more than 3 levels of indentation, you're screwed anyway, and
should fix your program."[1]

[1]: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds



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