I'm not viewing on a narrow device, and I see the wrapped (and the whole post confined to the centre of the screen).<div><br></div><div>I certainly don't use an 80-column limit any more. I use the rule:</div><div><br>
</div><div>A function must be completely visible in my editor on my screen. (but this is only a good rule if most people who will be reading the code will also have a similar sized viewport. After all, code is far more often read than written.)</div>
<div><br></div><div>And I balance line length with function length.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 29 October 2012 12:18, Rustom Mody <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rustompmody@gmail.com" target="_blank">rustompmody@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 5:40 PM, Malcolm Wallace <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:malcolm.wallace@me.com" target="_blank">malcolm.wallace@me.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
It is kind of ironic that the wide code examples in the blog post are wrapped at 65 chars by the blog formatting.<br>
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Regards,<br>
Malcolm</blockquote><br></div><br>Well that goes to underscore a couple of points:<br>1. The fixed 80 char width that was inviolable decades ago breaks today on both sides: it may be too low or too high!<br>2. I guess I dont know how to use blogger very well :-)<br>
3. Are you viewing on a narrow device?<br>
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