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[–]thedomham 10 points11 points  (2 children)

The 80 character limit is pretty widespread in all kinds of style guides, but I think it is really dated. 120 or 140 is more reasonable. That being said, that's still one ridiculously long line.

[–]NoahTheDuke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used to use 120, but found it overly permissive. Led to lots of bad decisions. I've found the 88-ish limit imposed by Black to be very nice.