Re: [PATCH] [v8] safecrlf: Add mechanism to warn about irreversible crlf conversions

Hi,

On Mon, 4 Feb 2008, Steffen Prohaska wrote:

On Feb 4, 2008, at 4:02 PM, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

quoted

On Mon, 4 Feb 2008, Steffen Prohaska wrote:

quoted

 - refactored to lines max 84 chars long.

Why 84?  I think the standard is still 80.

Because the surrounding code already had lines with more than 80 
characters and the most natural refactoring without too much wrapping 
effort resulted in 84.

Is 80 a strict limit?

It is not a _strict_ limit.  But it is a limit [*1*].  84 is not.

Ciao,
Dscho

*1*: Linux' CodingStyle says/said this:

Statements longer than 80 columns will be broken into sensible chunks. 
Descendants are always substantially shorter than the parent and are 
placed substantially to the right. The same applies to function headers 
with a long argument list. Long strings are as well broken into shorter 
strings. The only exception to this is where exceeding 80 columns 
significantly increases readability and does not hide information.