Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > As with the preceding change what this leaves us with an unresolved > question though, should we have some stricter version of "make > style-all" that incorporates "ColumnLimit: 80", or perhaps apply it > only on "make style", but then what if someone modifies code that > happens to e.g. search/replace a line running afoul of the limit? A more important thing to think about is that there is no single good cut-off point. When we say "wrap your lines at around 80 columns", we mean that when there is a good place to fold at around column 65 and the next good place is at column 82, then it is OK to go slightly over 80 and wrap at 82, which may be better than wrapping at 65. If the last good place to wrap is at column 72 and the long function call at the end of the line makes you go past the 82nd column, wrapping at column 72 might be better. I wonder if there is an automated formatter that understands this kind of shades of gray and lets us express that. Thanks.
