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> The fact that gofmt doesn't enforce some arbitrary line length is a blessing. You don't have an infinitely long screen. You have some line length limit.
by pcwalton 10y ago
> The fact that gofmt doesn't enforce some arbitrary line length is a blessing.
You don't have an infinitely long screen. You have some line length limit.
- flukus 10y agoIt's infinitely scrollable though. Scrolling horizontally sometimes isn't a bad fallback.
- pcwalton 10y agoScrolling horizontally interrupts flow like nothing else! 99% of all software projects have a de facto or de jure line length limit for a reason.
- stymaar 10y agoYou don't usually code for one screen since you're not generally coding for yourself alone. IMHO unlimited line length + editor soft-wrap is the best way to deal with the problem since it automatically adjust the size to the reader's screen. Same for tabs for indentation[1], that allows the reader to set its own indentation width depending on its own preferences. I don't really understand why people keep using spaces + fixed line length. Old habits die hard I think. [1] tabs for indentation, space for aligning