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0 pointslotsofcows13y ago0 comments

Ironically, that's the exact opposite to the way it works in my company.

We use various automated techniques to pick up mistakes and use code review to ensure style is consistent.

Everyone in the company should be able to parse any piece of code without individual styles disrupting that.

The only tension occurs around the weighty question of line length - coding standard says 76 chars max, I say that's what the IDE's for.

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SoftwareMaven13y ago

I think 76 characters is a good ideal to strive for because it means the code is legible everywhere, including my phone. It also reduces variables named request_response_header_validating_auditor.

However, some things don't break well, so readability ought to trump.

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