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Re: M-q on comments in source code


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: M-q on comments in source code
Date: Sat, 24 May 2014 14:50:04 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4.50 (gnu/linux)

> The lines in the source can easily get longer than 80 cpl,

Many coding guidelines recommend staying within 80 columns, so YMMV.

> and my screen is wider than it is high, so it`s the opposite for me:

I rarely look at a single file at a time, so wider windows means
fewer windows.

> Source with long lines is easier to review than source with short,
> broken lines.

We don't want them too short, indeed, which means not too
indented, mostly.
This typically goes hand-in-hand with keeping
functions/methods reasonably short.


        Stetfan




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