Guido sees the light: PEP 8 updated

[Ethan Furman]

On 04/16/2016 10:25 AM, Terry Reedy wrote:
> On 4/16/2016 12:58 PM, Larry Martell wrote:
>> On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 12:51 PM, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:

>>> Larry Martell wrote:

>>>> I have worked for many companies where you are required to get a clean
>>>> run of pep8 on your code before your pull request will even be
>>>> considered for approval. I don't agree with this at all, as I think it
>>>> makes the code very ugly, especially enforcing the max line length.
>>>
>>> Agh, I was with you until your last remark.
>>>
>>> A max line length of 79 characters is among the *only* rigorous
>>> principles I judge coding style on.
>>>
>>> It comes with the maxim that one function must be visible at once on the
>>> screen.
>>
>> if we still had 1970's 80 character TTYs that would matter but on my
>> 29" 1920x1080 screen it doesn't.
>
> It depends on whether one prefers to use the extra width to have long
> lines or side-by-side windows.  I prefer the latter.

Python code windows go in my portrait mode 27" screens (120 chars), 
while xml windows go in landscape mode (220 chars).

Yes, there are many reasons why I don't like xml. :(

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~Ethan~