> it should be respected regardless of font size, monitor width, etc. I don't think anyone would suggest it is magic. It is a convention that is somewhere near

> it should be respected regardless of font size, monitor width, etc. I don't think anyone would suggest it is magic. It is a convention that is somewhere near to being good, and is so widely used that it is heavily tool supported, so you should have a good reason not to use it. Actually, 80 is a bit of a misnomer, PEP8 has it at 79, git convention is 72 (50 for first line, to allow git log to display sha-summary inline and fit into 80 cols), etc. > You can just let it either wrap them or cut some lines off and scroll when you want to check them (what I do). Ah, I see. In which case I take back many of my objections. I see what you're saying now. Thanks.