Re: Which code style do you prefer the most?

On 27/02/2025 17:04, Ar Rakin wrote:

David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> writes:
 

On 26/02/2025 15:39, Bradley K. Sherman wrote:

Just do your best to keep it neat and under 80 columns.
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Neat, yes.  80 columns, no - unless you are living in the previous century.
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Lines that are too long are hard to read, but the idea that 80 columns
is a good number or should be a hard limit is /long/ outdated.  About
100 - 120 columns is a better fit for a lot of code, letting you use
sensible identifiers without excessively splitting logical lines into
multiple physical lines.

 Agreed. Unfortunately, most GNU projects still require you to not exceed
80 columns per line, in the code. It is a bit too hard limit.
 

Then you are back to following the style rules of an existing project, because consistency is often helpful - even if those rules were made many decades ago and are really ugly (in my highly subjective opinion).