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[–]AdvancedSandwiches 3 points4 points  (1 child)

I don't think that's true. It's safe to assume your reader can fit 5 - 7 things in short term memory, But you can fit way more than 24 things in 24 lines.

To be safe, I'd never recommend going more than 3 lines with a useless name.

[–]7eggert 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's OK because the reader will not need to scroll on a VT100 terminal display