Re: Coding Standards

Sanjay wrote:
davidsamith@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
'Good code' is code that works, is bug free, and is readable and
maintainable. Standards need to be followed for coding. Read more...

http://brsx.co.uk/SWtesting/FAQs/FAQs012.asp


• each line of code should contain 70 characters max.

Where the *** does that come from? 1970's? We just inherited shitty code from an outsourcing company where each line fucking wraps around after some 50-100 characters for no reason. I have a fucking 21 inch monitor and so does other developers and there is no one else going to look at the code besides developers why wrap around 70 characters?

Right now, I am stuck with a 1024x768 resolution, so anything more than ~90 characters starts wrapping around. Obviously, you have never tried to edit a line of code in vim that has wrapped around 3-4 times.

I do, however, agree that 70 characters is too short for a reasonable line; 80-90 characters is a better limit.

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