Having worked at Google for many years, 80 char line limit was easily the biggest frustration with coding. Because of that, I was forced to write less readable code, shorten variable and function names, omit some comments, fight with formatter and linter, spend extra time aligning things, etc.
For example, Python requires extra effort to brake lines, often adding extra parentheses or doing other unnecessary tricks. Lambda does not fit on the rest of the line? Too bad, define an extra function, because liner won't let you submit a lambda that spans more than one line...
Now, I am so happy with 120 char limit while still being able to fit two columns on one screen.
For example, Python requires extra effort to brake lines, often adding extra parentheses or doing other unnecessary tricks. Lambda does not fit on the rest of the line? Too bad, define an extra function, because liner won't let you submit a lambda that spans more than one line...
Now, I am so happy with 120 char limit while still being able to fit two columns on one screen.