[Twisted-Python] coding standard: column width?

[Steve Waterbury]

On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 23:33, Samuel Bronson wrote:
> Clark C. Evans wrote:
> 
> >The (very clear) coding standards don't mention a preferred column width.  
> >Could it be possible to add a 76 column code wrap requirement.  This is 
> >useful for those of us who use your aged 80 column terminals, and more
> >
> Or code at the console, or prefer 80 column emacs windows ;-)

Right.  The Twisted coding standards are clear ... but they 
shouldn't have to say everything:  in the absence of explicit 
direction from the Twisted coding standard, the Python style 
guidelines should be followed (PEP 8 and PEP 257).
>From PEP 8 (http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0008.html):

    There are still many devices around that are limited to 80
    character lines; plus, limiting windows to 80 characters makes it
    possible to have several windows side-by-side.  The default
    wrapping on such devices looks ugly.  Therefore, please limit all
    lines to a maximum of 79 characters (Emacs wraps lines that are
    exactly 80 characters long).  For flowing long blocks of text
    (docstrings or comments), limiting the length to 72 characters is
    recommended.

Etc.

- Steve.