Re: [m-users.] Coding style

Zetian Lin <[email protected]> Fri, 23 Jan 2026 21:25:02 +0800
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I'm used to emacs w/ line wrapping turned on so extra-long lines 
probably feel less like a serious problem to me than other people... 
that said, I try to control the line width to under 100 columns in my 
code. (I do make exceptions for certain cases e.g. in purely templating 
works where it's clear that you're just appending strings.)

Cheers,

Z Lin



On 1/21/26 14:15, Ralph Becket wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
>
> Happy New Year!
>
> About twenty years back, when I left Mercury to start in mainstream 
> commercial programming, monitors were a lot narrower.  There was a 
> strong feeling then that 80 columns was the Right and Proper Line 
> Length.  Nowadays, of course, monitors are much more generous.  While 
> I reject uncontrolled line lengths, 80 columns seems painfully tight.  
> (I think the Linux developers moved away from this some years ago).  
> That said, when (back) in Rome, do as the Romans do.  So: what's the 
> modern community position on this?
>
> Cheers,
> Ralph
>
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    <p>I'm used to emacs w/ line wrapping turned on so extra-long lines
      probably feel less like a serious problem to me than other
      people... that said, I try to control the line width to under 100
      columns in my code. (I do make exceptions for certain cases e.g.
      in purely templating works where it's clear that you're just
      appending strings.)<br>
      <br>
      Cheers,</p>
    <p>Z Lin</p>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/21/26 14:15, Ralph Becket wrote:<br>
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        Hi everybody,</div>
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        Happy New Year!</div>
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        About twenty years back, when I left Mercury to start in
        mainstream commercial programming, monitors were a lot
        narrower.&nbsp; There was a strong feeling then that 80 columns was
        the Right and Proper Line Length.&nbsp; Nowadays, of course, monitors
        are much more generous.&nbsp; While I reject uncontrolled line
        lengths, 80 columns seems painfully tight.&nbsp; (I think the Linux
        developers moved away from this some years ago).&nbsp; That said,
        when (back) in Rome, do as the Romans do.&nbsp; So: what's the modern
        community position on this?</div>
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        <br>
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        Cheers,</div>
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        Ralph</div>
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