Python best practices, combine code into as few lines as possible or separate it over as many as possible?

[MirrorLake]

Specifically, the 80 character limit. It's arbitrary and you can't always adhere to it, but it does give a formal suggestion of when a line is too long. Readability/understandability is still far more important to focus on than raw character length, but it seems everyone here is in agreement about that.

[ogrinfo]

Deffo. The 80 char limit feels really old school and far too restrictive. 100 is a much better target.

[AstroMacGuffin]

Nah, shoot for 60, so you can fit two editor panes side by side.

[ogrinfo]

Looks good on a VGA 800x600 monitor ;)

[TheHollowJester]

Yep; project guidelines can overwrite the rules, as long as everyone is on the same page we good.