Re:But no, 80-column terminals in 2020 isn't “reasonable” an...
by tomxor on Saturday May 30, 2020 @06:29PM
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> The post is about changing code style formatting rules for code that goes into the Linux kernel. Not guidelines, rules.
Then it is about absolutes, the rule is absolute, but 80 width is a guide... being used as a rule.
I'm surprised the first to challenge the rule is about grepability and not how detrimental it is to legibility to use this as a hard rule.
The post is about changing code style formatting rules for code that goes into the Linux kernel. Not guidelines, rules. The tools in question, I presume to be a linter or formatter, complained noisily about line length prior to the adoption of this change.
It's not about someone misinterpreting guides as absolutes. It's very much about absolutes, in this case, that serve as guides.