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23395	Clarification on PEP 8 E501: line too long (> 79 characters)	nrogers64	Amine Zyad	"From [https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/internals/contributing/writing-code/coding-style/ the ""Coding style"" documentation]:

> One big exception to PEP 8 is our preference of longer line lengths. We’re well into the 21st Century, and we have high-resolution computer screens that can fit way more than 79 characters on a screen. Don’t limit lines of code to 79 characters if it means the code looks significantly uglier or is harder to read.

I have two issues with this:

1. It says that you don't have a limit of 79 characters, but it doesn't say what you do instead. Is a line that is 1000+ characters acceptable?
1. It seems to imply that this PEP 8 rule is outdated and that there is absolutely no reason whatsoever that anybody should follow it in a Django project these days. It's even worded in kind of a condescending manner, in my opinion. However, many developers prefer to have multiple files open side by side. For example, they might have a models.py and views.py file open side by side, or even multiple views of the same file open side by side. The limit of 79 characters is helpful here. I would suggest taking out the ""21st Century"" bit which seems to be there to justify Django not following this PEP 8 rule, but, as I've pointed out, it doesn't really justify it."	Cleanup/optimization	closed	Documentation	dev	Normal	fixed	afraid-to-commit	amizya@… dodobas@…	Accepted	1	0	0	1	1	0