But seriously I think it varies by use case. “Tight” languages like golang, python, ruby, or most backends (other than Java)? Going over 80 is a bit of a smell. But if we’re talking about a React frontend? Then yeah, an 80 character limit is obnoxious.
Nah, Python is a little verbose at times, so 100 is a bit better, especially for longer comprehensions with an if clause. Our team uses keyword parameters pretty much everywhere, so a lot of regular function calls wrap even at our 120-line limit (I’m trying to push us toward positional-only args to keep it under control).
I think it’s just because they’re old. I’ve got told “ok boomer” for complaining about lines of source code longer than 80 characters.
I mean, that’s the exact response it deserves.
Haha yeah I’ve seen the error of my ways.
But seriously I think it varies by use case. “Tight” languages like golang, python, ruby, or most backends (other than Java)? Going over 80 is a bit of a smell. But if we’re talking about a React frontend? Then yeah, an 80 character limit is obnoxious.
Nah, Python is a little verbose at times, so 100 is a bit better, especially for longer comprehensions with an if clause. Our team uses keyword parameters pretty much everywhere, so a lot of regular function calls wrap even at our 120-line limit (I’m trying to push us toward positional-only args to keep it under control).