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Re: [stellation-res] Source code line length
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--- Jonathan Gossage <jgossage@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In a recent posting, Florin mentioned that he would like to see
> source code line lengths restricted to 78 characters to allow viewing
> on small screens. The other place where this rule can help is when
> printing source code.
If I print code, I also print landscape. In my Eclipse, I have set the
maximum width to 100.
> I found that it was normally possible to find some format that
> would allow the code to be restricted to a 78 column width, but what
> would happen is that a statement that started as a single line could
> wind up becoming 4 or 5 lines and be very difficult to follow the
> flow because of the unnatural structure of the statement.
One statement of 4 or 5 lines? To me it's a sign that this needs to be
rewritten. :)
Ringo
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