Re: [boost] Re: [Formal review] Collection Traits library

From: John Torjo (john.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-05-05 13:58:10

Daniel Wallin wrote:

> John Torjo wrote:
>
>>
>>> I'd prefer "primary specialization" to "default" in the comments.
>>>
>>> Lines longer than 80 columns in a number of files.
>>> detail/common.hpp is particularly hard to view in 80 columns.
>>>  
>>>
>> why would you want to view it in 80 columns?
>> IMO 80 cols per line is quite a thing of the past.
>> Nowadays, 100 or even more is more appropriate. On my 21" monitor :)
>> I have my IDE set to 110 cols/line.
>
>
> I use Vim with one vertical split giving me ~85 cols per file, so IMO 80
> isn't a thing of the past, at least not for me..
>
the thing is that until about 2 years ago I also sticked to the 80 
cols/line thing. But, after letting it go, the code became much easier 
to read (did not have to split it across multiple lines). But that's 
just me ;)

Best,
John

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