Re: [boost] coding conventions

Subject: Re: [boost] coding conventions
From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-01-06 13:56:22

On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 5:55 AM, Paul A. Bristow <pbristow_at_[hidden]>wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: boost-bounces_at_[hidden] [mailto:
> boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On
> Behalf Of
> > Mateusz Loskot
> > Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 9:48 PM
> > To: boost_at_[hidden]
> > Subject: Re: [boost] coding conventions
> >
> > Michael wrote:
> > > hi all,
> > >
> > > here's a first patch:
> > >
> > > it was generated using the command 'svn diff > ../boost.diff"
> > >
> > > questions on the formatting of new code (conforming standards used at
> > > gdb-patches_at_[hidden]):
> > >
> > > 1) can lines exceed the 80 character limit?
>
> With the widespread use of wider screens, some Boost authors are already
> edging
> beyond 80 char width.
>

Filesystem.V3 uses 90 characters as the normal width, and I'm planning to
gradually move all of my code to 90.

--Beman