Re: PEP8 compliance and exception messages ?

On Sun, 5 Dec 2010 19:52:54 -0800 Chris Rebert <clp2@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 7:40 PM, shearichard <shearichard@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hi - PEP8 says lines should not exceed 79 characters in length
( http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/ ).

So if you've got some code that looks like this :

raise fooMod.fooException("Some message which is quite long")

... and assuming a certain amount of indenting you're going to break
that guideline.

[etc.]

Use implicit string literal concatenation:

[...]

But isn't explicit string literal concatenation better than implicit string literal concatenation?

.... sorry ...

On a more serious note:

Alternatively, you could disregard PEP 8 on this point on the grounds
that the 79/80 characters per line limit is outdated.

Maybe, but it's not outmoded.

/W

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