Re: Line length for code?

[John W. Eaton]

On 02/02/2016 02:50 PM, Colin Macdonald wrote:
> On 02/02/16 11:35, John W. Eaton wrote:
> > As for source files, maybe the suggestion to put "sentences" on single
> > lines is worth trying?  In some cases, we would have some very long
> > lines (for example, the parameter list of some Fortran functions).
>
> My opinion/interpretation of this practice, is that each sentence should
> *start* on a new line, but that sentence could wrap at 72/80/whatever.
> This works well, for example, with LaTeX or texinfo and revision control
> systems.

Yes, but it can also be useful to avoid inserting literal newline 
characters in long lines, especially if the output is displayed in a 
narrow terminal window that further wraps but respects literal newline 
characters.  Then you can end up with a bit of a jumbled mess.

jwe