[docs] winedev: Update code columns limit (resend)
André Hentschel
nerv at dawncrow.de
Sun Jul 24 06:23:57 CDT 2011
Am 24.07.2011 00:02, schrieb Francois Gouget:
> On Mon, 4 Jul 2011, André Hentschel wrote:
> [...]
>> - Code is usually limited to 80 columns. This helps prevent
>> - mailers mangling patches by line wrap. Also it generally
>> + Code is usually limited to 100 columns. It generally
>
> I'd prefer to keep the 80 columns recommandation.
>
> With 80 columns one can nicely fit files side by side on a laptop with a
> typical 1024 horizontal resolution whereas with 100 colums one would end
> up with the hair comb effect thus making the code unreadable. Also 100
> seems close enough to 80 that I'm not sure it actually provides any of
> the benefits that longer lines are supposed to provide (if they are
> supposed to provide any).
I see your point, but looking at the code it's already quite often around 100 and AJ also stated that 100 is more or less the actual limit.
Otherwise i wouldn't have sent the patch.
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Best Regards, André Hentschel
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