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The Linux Kernel Deprecates the 80 Character Line Coding Style
- Sami_Lehtinen 6y agoRelated: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23356607 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23356607
- fpoling 6y agoChromium still insists on 80 character limit. But they use 2 character indent, not 8 as Linux kernel, so it less frequently leads to ugly indented long line splits. 80-character limit is nice as side-by side diffs, reviewing tools and showing two editors side-by-side in IDE nicely fit on the screen with some extra space for UI without horizontal scrolling.
- Jyaif 6y agoWe should be storing code source with no formatting and let the IDEs display the code (and diffs, and...) according to your personal settings.