Are line continuations needed?

[Derek Thomson]

John Roth wrote:

 >Derek Thomson wrote:
 >>
>>class ParticleDistributionBehaviorServer \
>>           (Microphysics__POA.ParticleDistributionBehavior):
>>
 >> [snip]
>>
>>So the fact that you don't need it in the case of incomplete expressions
>>eliminates *most* of the need for it, but there are still a few cases
>>where it is required.
> 
> 
> Technically, you could have split it at the period, but that
> might be even worse in terms of readability.

I didn't know that, but yes, it would be ugly.

> 
> BTW - why did it have to fit in 80 columns?

Because that's our coding standard. But it wouldn't matter if it was 120 
columns, or in fact any number you specify - I can still construct an 
example that won't work.

Regards,
Derek.