Date: Sun, 2 Jun 1996 10:42:09 +0200 (MET DST) From: grog@lemis.de (Greg Lehey) To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD Chat) Subject: Re: Indentation styles Message-ID: <199606020842.KAA15765@allegro.lemis.de> In-Reply-To: <199605301946.VAA22788@uriah.heep.sax.de> from "J Wunsch" at May 30, 96 09:46:37 pm
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J Wunsch writes: > > The typografical rules say ~ 60 chars per line, everything else has to > be made two-column (a bit impractical for programs :). I've been thinking about this for a while, and I both agree and disagree. Yes, more than 60 chars per line become difficult to read, but I *do* use dual columns in my programs. There are these things called comments which I align in a column at the right (starting at column 50 by default). I don't like it when too many code lines run into the comment columns. > Of course, if you've already got 50 columns indentation, then it > would require a 110 chars wide display. So it's rather a question > of not nesting too deep. Well, I have a 110 char display--no problem with that. But I still only have about 50 to play with, including indent, for the code. > I know that stylistic issues are always religious -- but we are on > -chat here. ;) Why not talk religion from time to time? Greg
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