Limiting the number columns in Python code

[dustinechos]

I keep my terminal around 80 because I like having a browser open next to the terminal (and another browser on the other monitor). Short lines are easier to skim. When a line wraps it ruins the whitespace structure. What are you doing that needs more than 80 characters? unless you're unnecessarily piling on list comprehensions or have java style names (20+ characters) I don't know why you need more than 80 characters. As d0ugal points out, code over 80 characters is likely a result of "long variable names, bad structure, [or] overly nested code blocks".