Re: [Ocaml-lib-devel] 80-chars limit

[Nicolas C. <war...@fr...>]

> Hi,
>
> since we are at it (syntax flamewars): I'd also propose keeping the
> horizontal limit of source lines to 80 characters...
>

Uh , this one is more problematic.
I agree that short lines are better but I dislike to break some code into
several expressions (or shorten identifier name or other tricks) only to
stick to that outdated 80 chars limit. I agree everyone is free to use its
own text editor - in 80 rows text mode or in 1600x1200 pixels graphics
mode - but when it turns into adding lines jumps into a nice expression only
because there is a damn paranthesis on the 81th row that's troublesome.
That's for my personal opinion.
Now, after having a quick look at some ExtLib sources, it appears that the
80chars limit is rarely overriden, so modifying some lines here and there
should not be so big thing if it keeps further people flames away :-)

Nicolas Cannasse